The Lecoq Edition [Of Gaboriau's Works] (Volume 1) - Bookswagon
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Art, Film & Photography > The Lecoq Edition [Of Gaboriau's Works] (Volume 1)
The Lecoq Edition [Of Gaboriau's Works] (Volume 1)

The Lecoq Edition [Of Gaboriau's Works] (Volume 1)


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PREFACE rHREE names stand out above all others in the field of detective stories: Edgar Allan Poe, an American; Conan Doyle, an Englishman who was a close student of Poe's tales, and Emile Gaboriau, a Frenchman. The names of the detectives -whose characters they created are almost better known, if anything, than the names of the writers themselves, and for the general public, at the word 'detective'' three figures appear before the mind's eye, Monsieur Dupin, Monsieur Lecoq, and Sherlock Holmes. Gaboriau was born at Saujon, in the Department of Charente- Inferieure, November 9, 1835. To show his chronological connection in this famous trio of names it will suffice to say that Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue was first published in English in 184-5. Charles Baudelaire, the French poet, translated Poe's tales into French in 1857, at which time Gaboriau, a young lawyer's clerk, was thinking of becoming a writer. Later while a member of a cavalry regiment he made his literary debut with two volumes of humorous observations in no wise remarkable. These were succeeded by several novels, none of which gave indication of the strong dramatic quality that was afterward to make his name so well known wherever French or English is read. About this time he became a member of the staff of one of the well-known Parisian papers, Le Pays, and it was in this paper, in 1866, that he published L'Affaire Lerouge as a serial. Thus we see that nine years after the appearance of a French translation of Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue the first notable American detective story, the first notable i?Vol. i J detective story by a Frenchman was published in Paris. Seven years before the latter appeared, Conan Doyle was born, and his first conspicuous achievement as a writer of detective storie...


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781458978981
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 138
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1458978982
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 259 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
The Lecoq Edition [Of Gaboriau's Works] (Volume 1)
General Books -
The Lecoq Edition [Of Gaboriau's Works] (Volume 1)
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

The Lecoq Edition [Of Gaboriau's Works] (Volume 1)

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!