Gaston Leroux

THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ROULETABILLE: The Mystery of the Yellow Room & The Secret of the Night (eBook, ePUB)

Locked-Room Crimes, Precise Diagrams, and Razor-Sharp Logic

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ROULETABILLE: The Mystery of the Yellow Room & The Secret of the Night (Thriller Classics)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" is one of the first locked-room mystery crime fiction novels. It is the first novel starring fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, and concerns a complex and seemingly impossible crime in which the criminal appears to disappear from a locked room. Leroux provides the reader with detailed, precise diagrams and floorplans illustrating the scene of the crime. The emphasis of the story is firmly on the intellectual challenge to the reader, who will almost certainly be hard pressed to unravel every detail of the situation. Also included in this edition is the thriller novel "The Secret of the Night". Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name. His novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is also one of the most famous locked-room mysteries ever.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: e-artnow
• Seitenzahl: 439
• Altersempfehlung: ab 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788026865568
• Artikelnr.: 45475490

Autorenporträt

Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the world of French literature, he is best known for his tales of adventure and intrigue, which often feature audacious protagonists and complex, mysterious plots. Born in Paris, Leroux began his career as a court reporter and theater critic, which informed his richly descriptive writing and appreciation for drama. His days in journalism nurtured the painstaking attention to detail that would later be a hallmark of his literary compositions. Perhaps, his most enduring creation is the character of Joseph Rouletabille, a young journalist who becomes an amateur detective in the acclaimed novels 'The Mystery of the Yellow Room' (1907) and 'The Secret of the Night' (1913). These books stand out as pioneering works in the locked-room mystery subgenre and have been lauded for their ingeniously plotted puzzles which influenced generations of writers in the mystery and detective genre. Leroux's most famous work 'The Phantom of the Opera' (1910) is a riveting tale of love and horror that has spawned countless adaptations. His literary style is characterized by a blend of fantastical elements with a methodical, journalistic approach to storytelling. This scholarly narrative approach was reflective of Leroux's broader writing oeuvre, which spanned multiple genres but often returned to themes of the unexplained and the supernatural.