Delphi Collected Works of Gaston Leroux (Illustrated)

Delphi Collected Works of Gaston Leroux (Illustrated)

by Gaston Leroux and Delphi Classics
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 08/06/2020

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Famous for his enduring horror masterpiece ‘The Phantom of the Opera’, Gaston Leroux was also an accomplished author of detective fiction. Featuring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille, his intelligently structured stories of ‘The Mystery of the Yellow Room’ and ‘The Perfume of the Woman in Black’ have enthralled readers for over a hundred years. This eBook features the largest collection of Leroux’s tales ever compiled in English translation, with many rare works appearing for the first time in digital print, accompanied with informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)


* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Leroux’s life and works

* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts

* 19 novels with individual contents tables — many appearing here for the first time

* Features six Joseph Rouletabille novels

* The complete Chéri Bibi novels

* Includes Leroux’s last novel, ‘Mister Flow’ (The Man of a Hundred Faces), first time in digital print

* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Rare short stories available in no other collection

* The majority of translations were made by Hannaford Bennett

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

* UPDATED with the rare novel 'The Amazing Adventures of Carolus Herbert' - first time in digital print


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CONTENTS:


The Adventures of Rouletabille

The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1907)

The Perfume of the Woman in Black (1908)

Secret of the Night (1913)

The Slave Bangle (1921)

The Sleuth Hound (1922)


Chéri Bibi Series

The Wolves of the Sea (1913)

Chéri-Bibi and Cecily (1916)

The Dark Road (1921)

The New Idol (1926)


Other Novels

The Man with the Black Feather (1903)

The Phantom of the Opera (1909)

Balaoo (1911)

The Bride of the Sun (1912)

The Amazing Adventures of Carolus Herbert (1917)

The Veiled Prisoner (1917)

The Kiss That Killed (1923)

The Son of Three Fathers (1924)

The Adventures of a Coquette (1924)

The Man of a Hundred Faces (1927)

Lady Helena; or, The Mysterious Lady by Louis Latzarus (1929)


The Short Fiction

Miscellaneous Short Stories


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ISBN:
9781913487065
9781913487065
Category:
Historical mysteries
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
08-06-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Delphi Classics Ltd
Gaston Leroux

Gaston Leroux was born on 6 May 1868 in Paris and after school in Normandy, he returned to Paris to study law. His extreme gambling is well-documented after he squandered the millions he had inherited, narrowly escaping bankruptcy. He worked as a court reporter and theatre critic before landing a job as an international correspondent for Le Matin.

During this time Leroux travelled to Russia to experience and report on the Russian Revolution. In 1907 he gave up journalism to become a writer, and quickly found success with Le Mystore de la Chambre Jaune (1908). He became well-known for his popular and acclaimed crime and thriller novels, but Leroux also wrote poetry and short fiction.

His most famous work, Le FantPme de l'OpUra (The Phantom of the Opera), was inspired by a tour of the cellars at the Paris Opera, and published in 1911. The story has been adapted for film and, most notably, for Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical. Gaston Leroux died on 15 April 1927.

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