Nemesis (1971) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Miss Jane Marple: Add a description of this character.
• Michael Rafiel
• Clotilde Bradbury-scott
• Anthea Bradbury-scott
• Verity Hunt
• Mr. Broadribb
• Lavinia Glynne
• Henry
• Mr. Schuster
• Miss Mamie
• Esther Walters
• Joanna Crawford
• Mr. Caspar
• Mrs. Riseley-porter
• Miss Cooke
• Nora Broad
• Mrs. Sandboume
• Mrs. Butler
• Emlyn Price
• Mr. Bmadribb
• Mrs. Hastings
• Fallowfield
• Mrs. Walker
• Mrs. Sandbourne
• Jackson

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• “Who was there to guard youth from pain and death--youth who could not, who had never been able to, guard itself? Did they know too little? Or was it that they knew too much, and therefore thought they knew it all?”

  Miss Jane Marple

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• ‘Any coincidence,’ said Miss Marple to herself, ‘is always worth noticing. You can throw it away later if it is only a coincidence.’

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• What did T.S. Eliot say: The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew tree are of equal duration.’

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• I have made a point of being always ready to disbelieve as well as believe anything that is told to me.’

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• Let justice roll down like waters. And righteousness like an everlasting stream.

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• In the course of my business activities over what is now quite a long life, I have learnt one thing about a man whom I wish to employ. He has to have a flair. A flair for the particular job I want him to do. It is not knowledge, it is not experience. The only word that describes it is flair. A natural gift for doing a certain thing.

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• Very odd, isn’t it, that the retribution one brings on oneself fits so closely with what has caused it.’

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• ‘You took a big risk, Miss Marple.’ ‘I hoped for the best,’ said Miss Marple. ‘One cannot go through life without attracting certain risks if they are necessary.’

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• The Marples The Murder at the Vicarage;

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• Love is a very terrible thing. It is alive to evil, it can be one of the most evil things there can be.

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• one never knows when one wants something for a rainy day.’ ‘The only thing I shall want for a rainy day will be my umbrella,’ said Miss Marple.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Wanstead
• London
• West Indies
• Old Manor House
• England
• Caribbean
• St. Honore
• Italy

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by At Bertram's Hotel, and followed by Sleeping Murder.

Preceded by The Hollow, and followed by After the Funeral.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Agatha Christie (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Mariëlla Snel (Translator) - Dutch translation of 'Nemesis'

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 823.912

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Christie, Agatha
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › British Detectives
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Series
• Books › Literature & Fiction

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Agatha Christie: "Nemesis" on the Official Agatha Christie website.
• Wikipedia: "Nemesis" on Wikipedia