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Jules Maigret
fictional character
Also known as: Inspector Maigret
Jules Maigret, fictional character, an unassuming, compassionate, and streetwise Parisian police commissioner who is the protagonist of more than 80 novels by Georges Simenon. Simenonās books featuring Inspector Maigret include Pietr-le-Letton (1931; The Case of Peter the Lett), Le Chien jaune (1931; āThe Yellow Dog,ā Eng. trans. A Face for a Clue), Le Fou de Bergerac (1932; The Madman of Bergerac), Un NoĆ«l de Maigret (1951; Maigretās Christmas), Maigret aux assises (1960; Maigret in Court), and Maigret et Monsieur Charles (1972).
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