Maigret by Georges Simenon (The Folio Society, 2018; Introduction)


Notes on this edition: Georges Simenon. Maigret. London: The Folio Society, 2018.

Julian Barnes introduces this 3-volume Folio Society set. His introduction appears on pages vii-xv in the volume titled Maigret and the Calame Report. Pp. 160. 22.3 x 14.4 cm. Translated by Moura Budberg. Wood engravings by Harry Brockway.

The set includes three novels:

Maigret and the Calame Report
Maigret and the Wine Merchant
Maigret and the Saturday Caller

Maigret and the Penguin Books | “Georges Simenon Returns” (Penguin Collectors’ Society, 2015)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Georges Simenon Returns.” Maigret and the Penguin Books. London: Penguin Collectors’ Society, 2015. Pp. 111 + [1]. 18 x 11.2 cm. ISBN: 9780993110634.

Julian Barnes’s essay appears on pp. 8-16.

The book also contains the following: “Penguin and Maigret: A Little Publishing History” by James Mackay; “The Maigret Books in Penguin: An Illustrated Historical Bibliography;” Sources, further reading and acknowledgements.