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Indeholder "Flodprammen med de to hængte", "Boulevard Beaumarchais-sagen", "Det åbne vindue", "Hr. Mandag", "Jeamont, 51 minutters ophold", "Dødsstraf", "Rejse i tiden", "Maigrets fejltagelse", "Ulykkeskroen".
"Flodprammen med de to hængte" handler om Arthur Aerts og hans kone Emma. Emma slår
"Boulevard Beaumarchais-sagen" handler om Ferdinand Voivin, der hellere vil have svigerinden Nicole end konen Louise. Han har skaffet en dødelig dosis digitalis, som konen så kommer til at tage ved et uheld. Held i uheld?
"Det åbne vindue" handler om Hr Laget, som er en tvivlsom forretningsmand. Han har en mere hæderlig hr. Descharneau ansat, som ikke kan klare Hr. Lagets uhæderlighed og en dag slår Descharneau på snedig vis hr Laget ihjel.
"Hr. Mandag" handler om en skrupskør kvinde, der har kastet sin kærlighed på en gift læge og forsøger at slå vedkommendes kone og børn ihjel på en snedig, men meget fejlbarlig metode, så hun slår i stedet lægens unge stuepige ihjel.
"Jeumont, 51 minutters ophold" starter med Maigrets unge nevø, Paul Vinchon, kaldet Popaul, der opdager et mord i en togkupe. Den myrdede er jøde på flugt fra Tyskland og hans værdier er væk, så Maigret finder hurtigt ud af en rejseledsagerske Lena Leinbach er den skyldige. Maigret lader nevøen få æren for opklaringen.
"Dødsstraf" handler om Jehan d'Oulmont, der har begået rovmord i Frankrig og nu er taget til Belgien med Maigret, der ikke kan bevise det, i hælene.
"Rejse i tiden" handler om inspektør Maigret på besøg på landet i den lille landsby Vitry-aux-Loges kun fyrre kilometer fra hvor han selv var født. En forbrydelse er sket. De to søstre Amelie Potru på 65 og Marguerite Potru på 62 er blevet overfaldet og Marguerite er stukket ihjel og mishandlet. Amelie har mistet talens brug og har også flere knivstik, men vil ikke på hospitalet. Marguerite havde en uægte søn, Marcel, på 39 og han er første mistænkte. Han gør ikke nogen hemmelighed af at have været ved de to søstre og han har også taget både vin og ost i rigelige mængder. Men Maigret har luret af at Amelie efter at have levet et helt liv sammen med Marguerite, nærede et umådeligt had til søsteren. I en tom tønde finder han de effekter, der angiveligt var blevet stjålet. Og Amelies sår er overfladiske skrammer, alle i højre side, så de sladrer i den grad om at være selvpåførte.
"Maigrets fejltagelse" handler om en slibrig boghandler ved navn Labri, der udnytter en ung pige, som begår selvmord af sorg. Maigret langer ham en på tuden, men kan ellers ikke gøre ham noget, hvilket ærgrer Maigret.
"Ulykkeskroen" handler om Viviane La Pommeraye på 17 år, der stikker af med Jean Vertbois på 20 år. Han er en skidt fyr. I nødsædet på hans sportsvogn gemmer han liget af en gammel kæreste, Marthe Dorval, hvis penge, han har snuppet.
Fine noveller med Maigret som hovedperson. Simenon har en god evne til at skildre personer og miljøer, så det virker rigtigt.
"Flodprammen med de to hængte" handler om Arthur Aerts og hans kone Emma. Emma slår
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ham ihjel for at få hans penge, men kan ikke finde dem. Uden penge vil hendes elsker Gradut ikke vide af hende og hun hænger sig. Maigret finder pengene under gulvet i kahytten og opklarer sagen."Boulevard Beaumarchais-sagen" handler om Ferdinand Voivin, der hellere vil have svigerinden Nicole end konen Louise. Han har skaffet en dødelig dosis digitalis, som konen så kommer til at tage ved et uheld. Held i uheld?
"Det åbne vindue" handler om Hr Laget, som er en tvivlsom forretningsmand. Han har en mere hæderlig hr. Descharneau ansat, som ikke kan klare Hr. Lagets uhæderlighed og en dag slår Descharneau på snedig vis hr Laget ihjel.
"Hr. Mandag" handler om en skrupskør kvinde, der har kastet sin kærlighed på en gift læge og forsøger at slå vedkommendes kone og børn ihjel på en snedig, men meget fejlbarlig metode, så hun slår i stedet lægens unge stuepige ihjel.
"Jeumont, 51 minutters ophold" starter med Maigrets unge nevø, Paul Vinchon, kaldet Popaul, der opdager et mord i en togkupe. Den myrdede er jøde på flugt fra Tyskland og hans værdier er væk, så Maigret finder hurtigt ud af en rejseledsagerske Lena Leinbach er den skyldige. Maigret lader nevøen få æren for opklaringen.
"Dødsstraf" handler om Jehan d'Oulmont, der har begået rovmord i Frankrig og nu er taget til Belgien med Maigret, der ikke kan bevise det, i hælene.
"Rejse i tiden" handler om inspektør Maigret på besøg på landet i den lille landsby Vitry-aux-Loges kun fyrre kilometer fra hvor han selv var født. En forbrydelse er sket. De to søstre Amelie Potru på 65 og Marguerite Potru på 62 er blevet overfaldet og Marguerite er stukket ihjel og mishandlet. Amelie har mistet talens brug og har også flere knivstik, men vil ikke på hospitalet. Marguerite havde en uægte søn, Marcel, på 39 og han er første mistænkte. Han gør ikke nogen hemmelighed af at have været ved de to søstre og han har også taget både vin og ost i rigelige mængder. Men Maigret har luret af at Amelie efter at have levet et helt liv sammen med Marguerite, nærede et umådeligt had til søsteren. I en tom tønde finder han de effekter, der angiveligt var blevet stjålet. Og Amelies sår er overfladiske skrammer, alle i højre side, så de sladrer i den grad om at være selvpåførte.
"Maigrets fejltagelse" handler om en slibrig boghandler ved navn Labri, der udnytter en ung pige, som begår selvmord af sorg. Maigret langer ham en på tuden, men kan ellers ikke gøre ham noget, hvilket ærgrer Maigret.
"Ulykkeskroen" handler om Viviane La Pommeraye på 17 år, der stikker af med Jean Vertbois på 20 år. Han er en skidt fyr. I nødsædet på hans sportsvogn gemmer han liget af en gammel kæreste, Marthe Dorval, hvis penge, han har snuppet.
Fine noveller med Maigret som hovedperson. Simenon har en god evne til at skildre personer og miljøer, så det virker rigtigt.
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Kbh. : Forum, 1976.
Description
The third book in the new Penguin Maigret series- Georges Simenon's haunting tale about the lengths to which people will go to escape from guilt, in a compelling new translation by Linda Coverdale. A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other etchings and pen or pencil sketches that had the same leitmotif of hanging. On the edge of a forest- a man hanging from every branch. A church steeple- beneath the weathercock, a human body dangling from each arm of the cross. . . Below another sketch were written four lines from Fran ois Villon's Ballade of the Hanged Men. On a trip to Brussels, Maigret unwittingly causes a man's suicide, but his own remorse is overshadowed by the discovery of the sordid events that drove the desperate man to shoot himself. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as Maigret and the Hundred Gibbetsand The Crime of Inspector Maigret. 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent… (more)
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LibraryThing member thorold
The fourth Maigret novel, in which Simenon stretches our credulity rather too far by having Maigret pursue an investigation (a) where there is no convincing reason to believe that any crime has been committed and (b) in a foreign country. So not the greatest crime story technically, but he makes up
It all boils down to the usual Simenon idea of the painfully thin line between bourgeois respectability and the disordered world of crime, and this isn't his most elegant statement of it, but it is an early hint of the sort of writing he could be capable of when he went a bit beyond the limits of the genre. It isn't quite the Simenon of L’homme qui regardait passer les trains yet, but it's a step on the way.
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for that with a splendidly dramatic finale and some fascinating glimpses into early-20th century student life in Liège - the city where Simenon himself grew up. It all boils down to the usual Simenon idea of the painfully thin line between bourgeois respectability and the disordered world of crime, and this isn't his most elegant statement of it, but it is an early hint of the sort of writing he could be capable of when he went a bit beyond the limits of the genre. It isn't quite the Simenon of L’homme qui regardait passer les trains yet, but it's a step on the way.
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LibraryThing member franoscar
Spoilers? In a Maigret novel? Well now I've read 5 very early Maigrets in a short span of time & I don't think I'll keep going. On the one hand the short clear descriptions of the physical and emotional spaces are great. But the plots are very repetitive (did they change later on?). In this one,
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Maigret follows a poor man who piques his interest, switches suitcases with him & watches him kill himself when he discovers the loss. Then Maigret has to figure out why. It isn't so hard since the men the dead was (for no very clear reason & no personal profit) blackmailing show up at every turn. There was a murder and the dead man was blackmailing the others. The statute of limitations (for murder?) is almost up and Maigret lets it go in the end, thinking of the children. The 100 gibbets don't really make sense either. But...if there is only 1 month to go til the statute of limitations then would the dead man have killed himself in a month anyway? And how did he get a new identity, was it really that easy? Show Less
LibraryThing member mmyoung
Simenon packs an amazingly diverse number of characters and settings into this story that begins with Maigret noticing the strange behaviour of another man in a cafe. The rest of the book follows Maigret’s attempts to understand this man’s actions. The writing of many authors have, by the
Thus, this particular “adventure” begins with Maigret wondering why one man is acting in such a strange manner and ends with him learning the darkest secrets that have been eating away at group of friends over almost a decade. Maigret’s choice of how to deal with this knowledge tells the reader much about Maigret himself and indeed much about the nature of French and Belgian culture in the decades leading up to the Second World War.
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fourth book in a series, already begun to show evidence of falling into a rut. With Simenon, however, one sees how a writer can return to the same character time and again without having the stories themselves become predictable. Maigret’s job is to investigate crimes and Maigret is good at that because he finds almost all people and situations interesting. The crimes may be large or small. The people may be rich or poor. The actions may have large scale reverberations or they may be hardly visible to all but those most closely involved. Thus, this particular “adventure” begins with Maigret wondering why one man is acting in such a strange manner and ends with him learning the darkest secrets that have been eating away at group of friends over almost a decade. Maigret’s choice of how to deal with this knowledge tells the reader much about Maigret himself and indeed much about the nature of French and Belgian culture in the decades leading up to the Second World War.
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LibraryThing member Smiler69
George Simeon's output seems unbelievable considering there were 76 Maigret novels alone published in his lifetime, at least the first four of which saw the light in 1931 when he was merely 28 years old. It seems the character of Maigret appeared to him one day and inhabited him throughout his
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career, although when he fist conceived the middle-aged, 50-something Maigret, Simenon himself was only 26. Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets was one of two Maigret books offered at the launch of the new series (the other was Maigret Stonewalled) during a glittering Parisian event which included among it's many famous guests personalities such as Kiki de Montparnasse, author Colette and the Baron Philippe de Rothschild. From the first, Simenon establishes Maigret as a very human detective, fallible, compassionate and seeking answers within himself more than 'out there', and I found this 4th novel showed him as such most notably, especially in the final outcome, in which the suspects' unseen children have a large role to play in Maigret's decision on how to wrap up the case. It begins with him following a suspect on a whim, because of the man's nervous disposition and poor appearance, and the cheap, newly-bought suitcase he carries, which intrigues the inspector. On a whim, Maigret decides to purchase the exact same suitcase shortly after he sees the man leave the shop with it, and at the first occasion, makes a switch to see what might happen. Then to his great dismay, after he follows to man to a run-down hotel, and as he watches from the communicating keyhole between their rooms, he witnesses the man put a revolver in his mouth and shoot himself when the swap is discovered. From there, Maigret feels a responsibility to find out what might have led this man to suicide, who moments before showed no signs of having any intention to kill himself, as attested by the still uneaten buns he'd just bought at a bakery shortly before. Another great mystery filled with atmosphere and plenty of pipe smoke. Won't belong before I start on #5 in the series, A Man's Head. Show Less
LibraryThing member ecw0647
When I lived in Neuchatel, Switzerland for a couple of years while in high school, I fell in love with Inspector Maigret and read most of the series in French. My French being worse than dormant in my dotage, I have been pleased to see the release of the Maigret stories for my Kindle and have added
Hanged Man was the fourth of the series. Unlike most of the subsequent books, it’s less a police procedural as technically he doesn’t even has a case, and more of a psychological novel resembling his non-Maigret stories. Here, Maigret has been traveling and watching a man senses something peculiar in his behavior. He follows the man who then commits suicide. This leads Maigret to pursue assorted leads in order to understand the motivation behind the man’s suicide. I won’t give away more except to say the book is an interesting examination of guilt.
Maigret is such an interesting character. He can adopt a multitude of persona from the bumbling ignoramus to the brilliant and insightful detective while being compassionate or cruel as the situation demands.
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several. Hanged Man was the fourth of the series. Unlike most of the subsequent books, it’s less a police procedural as technically he doesn’t even has a case, and more of a psychological novel resembling his non-Maigret stories. Here, Maigret has been traveling and watching a man senses something peculiar in his behavior. He follows the man who then commits suicide. This leads Maigret to pursue assorted leads in order to understand the motivation behind the man’s suicide. I won’t give away more except to say the book is an interesting examination of guilt.
Maigret is such an interesting character. He can adopt a multitude of persona from the bumbling ignoramus to the brilliant and insightful detective while being compassionate or cruel as the situation demands.
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LibraryThing member BooksForDinner
My favorite one so far. Excellent plot and characters. Stands up after nearly 100 years!
LibraryThing member jon1lambert
A gripping Maigret story which has a trick in the tail ending. The tension mounts throughout, the blood-stained suit, images of a hanged man and then the story of the hanged man, the murder, it all bubbles up and over. Sometimes Maigret takes the view that the perpetrators have suffered enough and
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LibraryThing member leslie.98
Compelling and unusual mystery. This early book is the best of the admittedly few Maigrets I have read so far!
LibraryThing member leslie.98
Compelling and unusual mystery. This early book is the best of the admittedly few Maigrets I have read so far!
Language
Original language
French
Original publication date
1931-02
1932 (in English)
Physical description
154 p.; 18.4 cm
ISBN
8755305008 / 9788755305007
Local notes
Omslag: Jørgen Jørgensen
Omslagsfoto: Jørgen Jørgensen
Omslaget viser et par solide ringe til at fortøje skibe ved
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "Les nouvelles enquètes de Maigret" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Maigret, bind 77
Side 108: Der er folk, man ikke engang kan smadre fjæset på, fordi man ville være bange for, at éns hånd kom til at synke i som i dynd!
Oversat fra fransk "La péniche aux deux pendus" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "L'Affaire du boulevard Beaumarchais" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "La fenêtre ouverte" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "Monsieur Lundi" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "Jeumont, 51 minutes d'arrêt" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "Peine de mort" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "Les l'armes de bougies" af Cai Clausen
Oversat fra fransk "Une erreur de Maigret" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "L'Auberge aux Noyés" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Omslagsfoto: Jørgen Jørgensen
Omslaget viser et par solide ringe til at fortøje skibe ved
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "Les nouvelles enquètes de Maigret" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Maigret, bind 77
Side 108: Der er folk, man ikke engang kan smadre fjæset på, fordi man ville være bange for, at éns hånd kom til at synke i som i dynd!
Oversat fra fransk "La péniche aux deux pendus" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "L'Affaire du boulevard Beaumarchais" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "La fenêtre ouverte" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "Monsieur Lundi" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "Jeumont, 51 minutes d'arrêt" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "Peine de mort" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "Les l'armes de bougies" af Cai Clausen
Oversat fra fransk "Une erreur de Maigret" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Oversat fra fransk "L'Auberge aux Noyés" af Karen Nyrop Christensen
Other editions
Elleve træffere by Harald Mogensen (Paper Book)
Maigret og selvmorderen by Georges Simenon (Paperback)
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154
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