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8797999's review against another edition
4.0
It's been a while since I been with Maigret and I really missed this. You know what you're getting with a Miagret book, a comfortable, pleasant and enjoyable read with a superb cast of characters.
This is no different featuring the Death of an aristocrat and Maigret entering an uncomfortable world. An entertaining plot but I guessed part of the ending.
One step closer to completing the series. These really are special books.
This is no different featuring the Death of an aristocrat and Maigret entering an uncomfortable world. An entertaining plot but I guessed part of the ending.
One step closer to completing the series. These really are special books.
peter7's review
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
bookish_dana's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
furfff's review against another edition
4.0
I read this one out of a used copy of A Maigret Trio, and every time I picked up the battered book, I would get vaguely annoyed at the cover art work, with the iconic hat and pipe hovering amidst the title. Yeah, those things are iconic of the character, but at least for me, it feels like a great contribution to the literary canon reduced to a set of emojis. Maigret in Society, in particular, is a real deep success to me. The "mystery" itself is... not that complicated.. but one of those where you couldn't have really guessed it until the end because the crucial data doesn't come until the end. So the mystery part was ok, but it's never really why I read these books. That usually has to do with just a phenomenal collection of brilliant turns of phrase or some larger theme that Simenon is wrestling with (and indeed wrestling with; not suggesting he fully understands... much like his protagonist mid-case). Here, we have the impenetrable and fundamentally unknowable-from-the-outside rules of capital-S Society. In a way, this might seem like a topic not worth spending time on as a current-day reader, because what is capital-S Society anymore (at least the one that Simenon portrays?) And yet, there's something really resonant here to modern-day, the way people can tie themselves to notions or other people, come hell or high water. Sometimes, in the case of an addict or someone about to engage in criminal activity, that's a terrible thing. In the case of people in love with a person or the act of creating a thing or art, that can be an ultimately amazing thing. But either way, to those on the outside of either of those devotions, it can be a momentarily isolating thing in a deeply human way. Being the author that he is, Simenon lets Maigret get distrubed, and really keeps him disturbed at novel's end, in a way that's maybe a little sad but really quite identifiable.
lnatal's review against another edition
3.0
From TIA:
The Comte de Saint-Hilaire, member of one of the most prominent families in France and a former diplomat, has been found dead. In one of his drawers the police finds hundreds of letters from the Count to the Princesse de Varay. Maigret is asked to investigate the case, but is urged to use “upper discretion”. Is there a link between the death of the count, and the death of the Prince de Varaye the week before?
Adapted for radio by Edward Bruce
Produced and directed by Glyn Dearman
Maurice Denham - Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
Michael Gough - Georges Simenon
John Rye - Inspector Albert Lapointe
Sean Barrett - Inspector Janvier
Joyce Carey - The Princess de Veret
Marjorie Westbury - Jaquette Larrieu
Michael Tudor Barnes - Prince Philippe de Veret
Steve Hodson - Julien de Veret
Leslie Heritage - Marcelle Mazeron
Patrick Barr - Moers
Paul Meier - Cromières
James Thomason - Maître Aubonnet
Ralph Truman - The Abbe
https://archive.org/details/MaigretInSocietyByGeorgesSimenon
2* Betty
4* Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1)
3* The Carter of 'La Providence' (Maigret, #2)
3* The Late Monsieur Gallet (Maigret, #3)
4* The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (Maigret, #4)
3* A Man's Head (Maigret #5)
4* The Yellow Dog (Maigret #6)
4* The Night at the Crossroads (Maigret #7)
2* A Crime in Holland (Maigret #8)
3* The Grand Banks Café (Maigret, #9)
3* The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (Maigret #10)
3* The Two-Penny Bar (Maigret, #11)
4* The Misty Harbour (Maigret, #15)
4* Lock No. 1 (Maigret, #18)
4* The Cellars of the Majestic (Maigret, #20)
3* Inspector Cadaver (Maigret, #25)
3* Maigret Se Fache (Maigret, #26)
4* Maigret's Holiday (Maigret, #28)
4* La première enquête de Maigret (Maigret, #30)
4* My Friend Maigret (Maigret #31)
4* Maigret at the Coroner's (Maigret #32)
3* The Friend of Madame Maigret (Maigret #34)
3* Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (Maigret, #38)
3* Maigret's Mistake (Maigret, #43)
3* Maigret and the Calame Report (Maigret, #46)
3* Maigret si diverte (Maigret, #50)
3* Maigret in Court (Maigret, #55)
3* Maigret and the Old People (Maigret, #56)
3* Maigret and the Idle Burglar (Maigret, #57)
3* Maigret and the Bum (Maigret, #60)
4* Maigret Loses His Temper (Maigret, #61)
3* Maigret on the Defensive (Maigret, #63)
3* Maigret Bides His Time (Maigret #64)
3* Maigret Hesitates (Maigret, #68)
3* Maigret's Boyhood Friend (Maigret, #69)
3* Maigret and the Madwoman (Maigret, #72)
4* Maigret and the Loner (Maigret, #73)
TR The Shadow Puppet (Inspector Maigret #12)
TR The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Inspector Maigret #13)
TR The Flemish House (Maigret, #14)
TR The Madman of Bergerac (Inspector Maigret #16)
TR Liberty Bar (Maigret, #17)
TR Maigret (Maigret, #19)
TR The Judge's House (Maigret, #21)
TR Cécile is Dead (Maigret, #22)
TR Signed, Picpus (Maigret, #23)
TR Félicie (Maigret, #24)
TR Maigret à New York (Maigret, #27)
TR Il morto di Maigret (Maigret, #29)
TR Maigret et la Vieille Dame (Maigret, #33)
TR Le memorie di Maigret (Maigret #35)
TR Maigret in Montmartre (Maigret #36)
TR Maigret Rents a Room (Maigret #37)
TR Maigret and the Gangsters (Maigret #39)
TR Maigret's Revolver (Maigret #40)
TR Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Maigret #41)
TR Maigret Afraid (Maigret #42)
TR Maigret Goes to School (Maigret #44)
TR Maigret et la jeune morte (Maigret #45)
TR Maigret and the Headless Corpse (Maigret #47)
TR Maigret Sets a Trap (Maigret, #48)
TR Maigret's Failure (Maigret #49)
The Comte de Saint-Hilaire, member of one of the most prominent families in France and a former diplomat, has been found dead. In one of his drawers the police finds hundreds of letters from the Count to the Princesse de Varay. Maigret is asked to investigate the case, but is urged to use “upper discretion”. Is there a link between the death of the count, and the death of the Prince de Varaye the week before?
Adapted for radio by Edward Bruce
Produced and directed by Glyn Dearman
Maurice Denham - Chief Inspector Jules Maigret
Michael Gough - Georges Simenon
John Rye - Inspector Albert Lapointe
Sean Barrett - Inspector Janvier
Joyce Carey - The Princess de Veret
Marjorie Westbury - Jaquette Larrieu
Michael Tudor Barnes - Prince Philippe de Veret
Steve Hodson - Julien de Veret
Leslie Heritage - Marcelle Mazeron
Patrick Barr - Moers
Paul Meier - Cromières
James Thomason - Maître Aubonnet
Ralph Truman - The Abbe
https://archive.org/details/MaigretInSocietyByGeorgesSimenon
2* Betty
4* Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1)
3* The Carter of 'La Providence' (Maigret, #2)
3* The Late Monsieur Gallet (Maigret, #3)
4* The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (Maigret, #4)
3* A Man's Head (Maigret #5)
4* The Yellow Dog (Maigret #6)
4* The Night at the Crossroads (Maigret #7)
2* A Crime in Holland (Maigret #8)
3* The Grand Banks Café (Maigret, #9)
3* The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (Maigret #10)
3* The Two-Penny Bar (Maigret, #11)
4* The Misty Harbour (Maigret, #15)
4* Lock No. 1 (Maigret, #18)
4* The Cellars of the Majestic (Maigret, #20)
3* Inspector Cadaver (Maigret, #25)
3* Maigret Se Fache (Maigret, #26)
4* Maigret's Holiday (Maigret, #28)
4* La première enquête de Maigret (Maigret, #30)
4* My Friend Maigret (Maigret #31)
4* Maigret at the Coroner's (Maigret #32)
3* The Friend of Madame Maigret (Maigret #34)
3* Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (Maigret, #38)
3* Maigret's Mistake (Maigret, #43)
3* Maigret and the Calame Report (Maigret, #46)
3* Maigret si diverte (Maigret, #50)
3* Maigret in Court (Maigret, #55)
3* Maigret and the Old People (Maigret, #56)
3* Maigret and the Idle Burglar (Maigret, #57)
3* Maigret and the Bum (Maigret, #60)
4* Maigret Loses His Temper (Maigret, #61)
3* Maigret on the Defensive (Maigret, #63)
3* Maigret Bides His Time (Maigret #64)
3* Maigret Hesitates (Maigret, #68)
3* Maigret's Boyhood Friend (Maigret, #69)
3* Maigret and the Madwoman (Maigret, #72)
4* Maigret and the Loner (Maigret, #73)
TR The Shadow Puppet (Inspector Maigret #12)
TR The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Inspector Maigret #13)
TR The Flemish House (Maigret, #14)
TR The Madman of Bergerac (Inspector Maigret #16)
TR Liberty Bar (Maigret, #17)
TR Maigret (Maigret, #19)
TR The Judge's House (Maigret, #21)
TR Cécile is Dead (Maigret, #22)
TR Signed, Picpus (Maigret, #23)
TR Félicie (Maigret, #24)
TR Maigret à New York (Maigret, #27)
TR Il morto di Maigret (Maigret, #29)
TR Maigret et la Vieille Dame (Maigret, #33)
TR Le memorie di Maigret (Maigret #35)
TR Maigret in Montmartre (Maigret #36)
TR Maigret Rents a Room (Maigret #37)
TR Maigret and the Gangsters (Maigret #39)
TR Maigret's Revolver (Maigret #40)
TR Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Maigret #41)
TR Maigret Afraid (Maigret #42)
TR Maigret Goes to School (Maigret #44)
TR Maigret et la jeune morte (Maigret #45)
TR Maigret and the Headless Corpse (Maigret #47)
TR Maigret Sets a Trap (Maigret, #48)
TR Maigret's Failure (Maigret #49)
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