The Flemish Shop

The Flemish Shop
Author	Georges Simenon
Original title	French: Chez les Flamands
Language	French
Series	Inspector Jules Maigret
Genre	Detective fiction, Crime fiction
Publisher	Fayard
Publication date	1932
Publication place	Belgium
Published in English	1940
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Maigret Goes Home
Followed by	Death of a Harbour Master

The Flemish Shop (other English-language titles are The Flemish House and Maigret and the Flemish Shop; French: Chez les Flamands) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.

Other titles

The book has been translated three times into English: in 1940 by Geoffrey Sainsbury as The Flemish Shop, in 1990 as Maigret and the Flemish Shop by Geoffrey Sainsbury, and in 2015 by Shaun Whiteside as The Flemish House.^[1]

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted three times for film and television: in French in 1992 as Maigret chez les Flamands, with Bruno Cremer in the main role, and in 1976 as Maigret chez les Flamandswith Jean Richard in the lead role; in English in 1963 as The Flemish Shop, with Rupert Davies in the main role.^[2]

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. 282-283 ISBN 978-2-258-01152-6 (in French)

External links

Maigret at trussel.com

References

^ Publication history at trussel.com.; retrieved 17 February 2023.
^ Film history at trussel.com.; retrieved 17 February 2023.

[1] Publication history at trussel.com.; retrieved 17 February 2023.

[2] Film history at trussel.com.; retrieved 17 February 2023.

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Bibliography
Jules Maigret novels	The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (1931) The Crime at Lock 14 (1931) The Death of Monsieur Gallet (1931) The Crime of Inspector Maigret (1931) A Battle of Nerves (1931) Maigret and the Yellow Dog (1931) Maigret at the Crossroads (1931) The Sailors' Rendezvous (1931) Maigret at the Gai-Moulin (1931) Guinguette by the Seine (1931) The Shadow in the Courtyard (1932) Maigret Goes Home (1932) The Flemish Shop (1932) Death of a Harbour Master (1932) The Madman of Bergerac (1932) Maigret in Exile (1940) Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942) Maigret and the Spinster (1942) To Any Lengths (1944) Maigret and the Toy Village (1944) Maigret in Retirement (1947) Maigret in New York (1947) A Summer Holiday (1948) Maigret's Dead Man (1948) Maigret's First Case (1948) My Friend Maigret (1949) Maigret and the Coroner (1949) Maigret and the Old Lady (1950) Madame Maigret's Own Case (1950) Maigret's Memoirs (1950) Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper (1950) Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1951) Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters (1951) Maigret's Revolver (1952) Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (1953) Maigret's Mistake (1953) Maigret Goes to School (1954) Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955) Maigret Sets a Trap (1955) Maigret's Failure (1956) Maigret Has Scruples (1958) Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961) Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962) Maigret and the Dosser (1963) Maigret on the Defensive (1964) The Patience of Maigret (1965) Maigret Hesitates (1968) Maigret and the Killer (1969) Maigret and the Mad Woman (1970) Maigret and the Loner (1971) Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1972)
Other novels	Les Fiançailles de M. Hire (1933) The Night Club (1933) Tropic Moon (1933) Chit of a Girl (1938) The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (1938) Le Bourgmestre de Furnes (1939) The Strangers in the House (1940) Strange Inheritance (1941) La Veuve Couderc (1942) Young Cardinaud (1942) Act of Passion (1946) The Mahé Circle (1946) The Couple from Poitiers (1946) Pedigree (1948) The Bottom of the Bottle (1949) Belle (1952) Red Lights (1953) The Watchmaker of Everton (1954) The Little Man from Archangel (1956) The Cat (1967) The Man on the Bench in the Barn (1968) The Prison (1968) The Disappearance of Odile (1971) The Glass Cage (1971)
Works about	The Man Who Wasn't Maigret (1992 biography)

v t e Georges Simenon's Maigret
Novels	The Strange Case of Peter the Lett The Crime at Lock 14 The Death of Monsieur Gallet The Crime of Inspector Maigret A Battle of Nerves Maigret and the Yellow Dog Maigret at the Crossroads Maigret in Holland The Sailors' Rendezvous Maigret at the Gai-Moulin Guinguette by the Seine The Shadow in the Courtyard Maigret Goes Home The Flemish Shop Death of a Harbour Master The Madman of Bergerac Liberty Bar The Lock at Charenton Maigret Returns Maigret and the Hotel Majestic Maigret in Exile Maigret and the Spinster To Any Lengths Maigret and the Toy Village Maigret's Rival Maigret in Retirement Maigret in New York A Summer Holiday Maigret's Dead Man Maigret's First Case My Friend Maigret Maigret and the Coroner Maigret and the Old Lady Madame Maigret's Own Case Maigret's Memoirs Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper Maigret Takes a Room Maigret and the Burglar's Wife Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters Maigret's Revolver Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard Maigret Afraid Maigret's Mistake Maigret Goes to School Inspector Maigret and the Dead Girl Maigret and the Minister Maigret and the Headless Corpse Maigret Sets a Trap Maigret's Failure Maigret's Little Joke Maigret and the Millionaires Maigret Has Scruples Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses Maigret Has Doubts Maigret in Court Maigret in Society Maigret and the Lazy Burglar Maigret and the Black Sheep Maigret and the Saturday Caller Maigret and the Dosser Maigret Loses His Temper Maigret and the Ghost Maigret on the Defensive The Patience of Maigret Maigret and the Nahour Case Maigret's Pickpocket Maigret in Vichy Maigret Hesitates Maigret's Boyhood Friend Maigret and the Killer Maigret and the Wine Merchant Maigret and the Mad Woman Maigret and the Loner Maigret and the Flea Maigret and Monsieur Charles
Short stories	The Barge with Two Hanging Bodies The Affair of the Boulevard Beaumarchais The Open Window Inspector Maigret Hesitates Jeumont, 51 Minutes' Wait! Inspector Maigret's War of Nerves Journey into Time Rue Pigalle The Stronger Vessel The Old Lady of Bayeux The Inn of the Drowned Stan the Killer At the Étoile du Nord Storm in the Channel Maigret and the Frightened Dressmaker Inspector Maigret and the Missing Miniatures The Unlikely M. Owen The Group at the Grand Café The Man on the Run Under the Hammer Death Threats Maigret's Pipe Not the Sort to Get Murdered Elusive Witness The Most Obstinate Man in Paris Maigret and the Surly Inspector Maigret's Christmas
Film adaptations	Night at the Crossroads (1932) The Yellow Dog (1932) A Man's Neck (1933) Picpus (1943) Cecile Is Dead (1944) Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945) The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950) Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) Maigret Sees Red (1963) Maigret and His Greatest Case (1966) Maigret (2022)
Television adaptations	1960 TV series Italian TV series 1988 TV film 1991 TV series 1992 TV series 2016 TV series