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Letter to My Judge

By Georges Simenon
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Letter to My Judge is a dark, psychological tale of deadly obsession, presented here in a masterful new translation. My dear Judge, I would like one man, just one, to understand me. And I really hope that man can be you. In a small town in... Read More
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Letter to My Judge is a dark, psychological tale of deadly obsession, presented here in a masterful new translation.

My dear Judge, I would like one man, just one, to understand me. And I really hope that man can be you.

In a small town in western France, Dr Charles Alavoine seems to lead the perfect life—his own medical practice, two beautiful children, a new wife, and a doting mother. Yet as each quiet day of bourgeois conformity passes, Alavoine begins to feel a sharp sense of futility and solitude. Then, one rainy day in December, he meets a mysterious young woman on a station platform. Fascinated by her innocence and the scars of her past, Alavoine's passion soon gives way to obsession, as he is drawn deeper into a web of desire and deceit, ending in a terrible act that will forever change the course of his life.

First published in 1947, Letter to My Judge is a masterful exploration of the darkest corners of the human soul, and a harrowing exorcism of Simenon's phantoms.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241808092

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Howard Curtis

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 224g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

Georges Simenon was born in Li ge, Belgium in 1903. An intrepid traveller with a profound interest in people, Simenon strove on and off the page to understand, rather than to judge the human condition in all its shades. His novels include the Inspector Maigret series and a richly varied body of wider work united by its evocative power, its economy of means, and its penetrating psychological insight. He is among the most widely read writers in the global canon. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

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