Miss Marple at an Italian finishing school with Americans Ruth Van Rydock and Caroline "Carrie" Louise Serrocold. While Miss Marple is described as 'an old lady' in many of the stories, her age is mentioned in "At Bertram's Hotel", where it is said she visited the hotel when she was fourteen and almost sixty years have passed since then. Excluding "Sleeping Murder", 41 years passed between the first and last-written novels, and many characters grow and age. An example would be the Vicar's nephew: in "The Murder at the Vicarage", the Reverend Clement's nephew Dennis is a teenager; in "The Mirror Crack'd
George Marple George Marple "Not to be confused with George Marples, also a Derbyshire cricketer." George Smith Marple (14 August 1868 — 12 August 1932) was an English businessman and cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1901. Marple was born in Chester the son of George I. Marple, a joiner and builder, and his wife Mary. Marple made a single first-class appearance for Derbyshire during the 1901 season, against London County. He played one innings in which he scored six runs. He bowled thirteen overs during the match, taking 1 wicket for 17. He played for the Millhouses cricket club of which