| Maigret and the Old Lady | |
| Title Orig: | French: link=no|Maigret et la Vieille Dame |
| Translator: | Robert Brain, Ros Schwartz |
| Author: | Georges Simenon |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Language: | French |
| Series: | Inspector Jules Maigret |
| Genre: | Detective fiction, crime fiction |
| Publisher: | Presses de la Cité |
| Release Date: | 1950 |
| English Release Date: | 1958 |
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| Preceded By: | Maigret and the Coroner |
| Followed By: | Madame Maigret's Own Case |
Maigret and the Old Lady (French: link=no|Maigret et la vieille dame) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret. The novel was written between November 29 to December 8, 1949, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, United States.[1] The book was published the following year by Presses de la Cité.
The book was translated into English by Robert Brain in 1958 and by Ros Schwartz in 2016 under the title Maigret and the Old Lady.[2]
The first German translation by Hansjürgen Wille and Barbara Klau was published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 1954. The new translation by Renate Nickel was published by Diogenes Verlag in 1978.[3]
In 1958 literature magazine Time and Tide wrote about the novel: "The plot of Maigret and the Old Lady […] might not amount to much if it were handled by another, but Maigret's methods and Simenon's gift for creating and evoking local atmosphere combine to hold the reader captive."[4]
The novel was adapted several times:[5]