Georges Simenon (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
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Georges Simenon is known primarily for his fiction. Throughout his career as novelist, however, he frequently displayed mastery of shorter forms as well, both with and without the presence of his famous Inspector Maigret. Originally published for the most part in periodicals, his short stories and novellas have been collected in such volumes as Les Dossiers de l’Agence O (1943), Nouvelles exotiques (1944), and in English translation as well. In his late thirties, erroneously informed by his doctors that he had but a short time to live,...
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