The Flemish Shop Explained

The Flemish Shop
Title Orig:French: Chez les Flamands
Author:Georges Simenon
Country:Belgium
Language:French
Series:Inspector Jules Maigret
Genre:Detective fiction, Crime fiction
Publisher:Fayard
Release Date:1932
English Release Date:1940
Media Type:Print
Preceded By:Maigret Goes Home
Followed By:Death of a Harbour Master

The Flemish Shop (other English-language titles are The Flemish House and Maigret and the Flemish Shop; French: Chez les Flamands) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.

Other titles

The book has been translated three times into English: in 1940 by Geoffrey Sainsbury as The Flemish Shop, in 1990 as Maigret and the Flemish Shop by Geoffrey Sainsbury, and in 2015 by Shaun Whiteside as The Flemish House.[1]

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted three times for film and television: in French in 1992 as Maigret chez les Flamands, with Bruno Cremer in the main role, and in 1976 as Maigret chez les Flamandswith Jean Richard in the lead role; in English in 1963 as The Flemish Shop, with Rupert Davies in the main role.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.trussel.com/maig/plots/flaplot.htm Publication history
  2. https://www.trussel.com/maig/bookndx.htm#FLA Film history