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Does anybody know the exact date of publication of this edition? Was just wondering who came up first with the idea of elderly chatty women who gossip and investigate - DLS or Agatha Christie. The first Miss Marple short story was published December 1927 so was wondering exactly when Unnatural Death was published. It would seem sensible to assume that DLS did as it would take longer to write a book than short story

ScottyEnn Both first appeared in 1927; Miss Climpson in Unnatural Death, Miss Marple in a short story called "The Tuesday Night Club" (her first novel, The Murd…moreBoth first appeared in 1927; Miss Climpson in Unnatural Death, Miss Marple in a short story called "The Tuesday Night Club" (her first novel, The Murder at the Vicarage, was published in 1930). The short story was published in December, however, so I believe Miss Climpson just pips Miss Marple.

Worth mentioning, however, that both Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie were members of the Deduction Club (basically a group of mystery writers in the 1920s and 1930s who used to get together for dinner and to swap ideas around), so it's highly likely that both came up with or were given the idea of a gossipy old lady going around investigating mysteries at more or less the same time. (less)

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