Maigret and the Toy Village

Maigret and the Toy Village (other English-language title is Félicie; French: Félicie est là) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.

Maigret and the Toy Village

Author	Georges Simenon
Original title	French: Félicie est là
Translator	Eileen Ellenbogen, David Coward
Language	French
Series	Inspector Jules Maigret
Genre	Detective fiction, Crime fiction
Publisher	Gallimard
Publication date	1944
Publication place	Belgium
Published in English	1978
Media type	Print
Preceded by	To Any Lengths
Followed by	Maigret's Rival

Translations

The book has been translated two times into English: in 1978 as Maigret and the Toy Village by Eileen Ellenbogen and in 2015 as Félicie by David Coward.

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted several times for cinema and television:

In French

• 1968: as Félicie est là, with Jean Richard in the lead role;
• 2002: as La Maison de Félicie, with Bruno Cremer;

In English

• 1962: as Love from Felicie, with Rupert Davies;
• 1993: as Maigret and the Maid with Michael Gambon

In Japanese

• 1978: as Keishi to gārufurendo (警視とガールフレンド), with Kinya Aikawa in Maigret's role;

In Dutch

• 1968: as Maigret en het meisje voor dag en nacht, with Jan Teulings.

Literature

• Maurice Piron, Michel Lemoine, L'Univers de Simenon, guide des romans et nouvelles (1931-1972) de Georges Simenon, Presses de la Cité, 1983, p. 302-303 ISBN 978-2-258-01152-6 (in French)

External links

• Maigret at trussel.com