Emile Gaboriau

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L'affaire des poisons est une s rie d'empoissonnements qui secou rent Paris et sa cour sous le r gne de Louis XIV. La marquise de Brinvilliers est accus e d'avoir empoissonn son p re et deux de ses fr res l'aide d'un poison d'apothicaire compos d'arsenic et de bave de crapaud. Son long proc s, sa condamnation et son ex cution d frayent la chronique. Ils seront rapport s par Madame de S vign dans sa correspondance (Lettres en annexe de cette dition). mile Gaboriau, p re du roman policier et inspirateur d'Arthur Conan Doyle, se base sur ses faits historiques pour nous livrer l'un de ses plus beaux textes. sa mort en 1873, ce roman est inachev , les derniers chapitres furent r dig s par un inconnu pour permettre sa publication en 1881.

There is not in all Paris a house better kept or more inviting-looking than No. 23 in Grange Street. As soon as you enter, you are struck by a minute, extreme neatness, which reminds you of Holland, and almost sets you a-laughing. The neighbors might use the brass plate on the door as a mirror to shave in; the stone floor is polished till it shines; and the woodwork of the staircase is varnished to perfection. In the entrance-hall a number of notices, written in the peculiar style which owners of houses affect, request the tenants to respect the property of others, without regard to the high price they pay for their share. "Clean your feet, if you please," they say to all who come in or go out. "No spitting allowed on the stairs." "Dogs are not allowed in the house." Nevertheless, this admirably-kept house "enjoyed" but a sorry reputation in the neighborhood. Was it worse than other houses, -No. 21, for instance, or No. 25? Probably not; but there is a fate for houses as well as for men. The first story was occupied by the families of two independent gentlemen, whose simplicity of mind was only equalled by that of their mode of life. A collector, who occasionally acted as broker, lived in the second story, and had his offices there. The third story was rented to a very rich man, a baron as people said, who only appeared there at long intervals, preferring, according to his own account, to live on his estates near Saintonge. The whole fourth story was occupied by a man familiarly known as Papa Ravinet, although he was barely fifty years old. He dealt in second-hand merchandise, furniture, curiosities, and toilet articles; and his rooms were filled to overflowing with a medley collection of things which he was in the habit of buying at auctions. The fifth story, finally, was cut up in numerous small rooms and closets, which were occupied by poor families or clerks, who, almost without exception, disappeared early in the morning, and returned only as late as possible at night.

mile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873), was a French writer, novelist, and journalist, and a pioneer of modern detective fiction. Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Maritime. He became a secretary to Paul F val, and after publishing some novels and miscellaneous writings, found his real gift in L'Affaire Lerouge (1866). The book, which was Gaboriau's first detective novel, introduced an amateur detective. It also introduced a young police officer named Monsieur Lecoq, who was the hero in three of Gaboriau's later detective novels. Monsieur Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned police officer, Eug ne Fran ois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs, Les Vrais M moires de Vidocq, mixed fiction and fact. It may also have been influenced by the villainous Monsieur Lecoq, one of the main protagonists of F val's Les Habits Noirs book series. The book was published in the Pays and at once made his reputation. Gaboriau gained a huge following, but when Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, Monsieur Lecoq's international fame declined. The story was produced on the stage in 1872. A long series of novels dealing with the annals of the police court followed, and proved very popular. Gaboriau died in Paris of pulmonary apoplexy.

Un crime - le meurtre d'un homme ayant crit de son propre sang les lettres Monis, un policier-enqu teur et pour finir, un coupable. Classique - mieux - historique, puisque ce roman policier date de la fin du Second Empire, mais aussi un polar, un vrai. M chinet, agent de s ret et fin limier, reprend tranquillement, patiemment, l'enqu te de z ro pour d nouer l' nigme: d bonnaire, attentif aux conseils de sa femme, frondeur l'encontre des autorit s sup rieures, il avance patiemment et infailliblement jusqu'au coupable.

Dans la nuit du 22 au 23 juin 1871, un incendie se d clare au ch teau de Valpinson, propri t du comte de Claudieuse. Un t moin, un idiot du village surnomm Cocoleu, accuse Jacques de Boiscoran. C'est bien connu dans les environs, un diff rend sur des territoires de chasse opposait l'accus au comte de Claudieuse. En outre, toutes les circonstances contribuent l'accabler. Sa famille, d sesp r e, fait appel l'enqu teur Manuel Forgat qui saura d m ler l'affaire.

Un vol important vient d' tre commis rue de Provence Paris, au pr judice de la banque Fauvel. Or, deux personnes seulement connaissaient la combinaison du coffre duquel 300000 francs ont t soustraits... Apr s une enqu te sommaire, la police arr te Prosper Bertomy, le caissier principal. Mais une seconde enqu te commence, men e par l'inspecteur Fanferlot, surnomm l' cureuil, qui d couvre l'existence de Nina Gipsy, une myst rieuse jeune femme entretenue par le caissier...

Des malfaiteurs fondent une redoutable association qui va faire trembler Paris dans ses tr fonds. Dans l'ombre, ils recueillent m thodiquement les honteux secrets, petits et grands, de la population. Au bout de vingt-cinq ann es d'efforts opini tres, ils disposent d'une mine de renseignements suffisamment fournie pour mettre enfin ex cution leur plan machiav lique.

Des malfaiteurs fondent une redoutable association qui va faire trembler Paris dans ses tr fonds. Dans l'ombre, ils recueillent m thodiquement les honteux secrets, petits et grands, de la population. Au bout de vingt-cinq ann es d'efforts opini tres, ils disposent d'une mine de renseignements suffisamment fournie pour mettre enfin ex cution leur plan machiav lique.

Une satire f roce et r jouissante de l'administration et de la vie des bureaux.

Deux braconniers, le p re et le fils, trouvent Berthe de Tr morel sauvagement assassin e dans le parc du chateau du comte de Tr morel, son poux, ce dernier restant introuvable. Ils sont vite accus s, avec un domestique du chateau au comportement suspect et sans alibi, du meurtre de ces deux notables tr s appr ci s de leurs concitoyens d'Orcival.

Ce roman s'inspire du meurtre, la fin du Second Empire, de la veuve C lestin Lerouge, gorg e dans le quartier de la place d'Italie et dont l'assassin n'a jamais t retrouv . mile Gaboriau, enqu tant pour le compte de son journal Le Soleil, va durant des semaines tenir en haleine un public toujours plus nombreux avec un art d routant qui va tout de suite en faire un ma tre de l'angoisse, et l'inventeur du roman policier.

Raymond Delorge, trouv moribond boulevard Clichy, nous fait le r cit de ses aventures. Le p re de Raymond, un g n ral, a t tu alors qu'il connaissait les d tails d'un coup d' tat auquel il ne voulait pas participer. Plusieurs ann es plus tard, Raymond est devenu ing nieur et s'est pris de Simone de Maillefert, fille de la duchesse de Maillefert. Mais madame la duchesse lui pr f re le comte de Combelaine comme gendre. Ce dernier est un imposteur...