Emile Gaboriau
Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873) was the first French novelist to write detective novels, "roman policier." His character Mounsier Lecoq, private detective, first appeared in The Widow Lerouge (1866). He wrote twenty-one novels in the detective genre including many classics such as The Mystery of Orcival (1867), Monsieur Lecoq (1868), The Slaves of Paris (1868), Other People's Money (1874), and The Count's Millions (1870). Some suggest Sherlock Holmes was modeled on his other detective, Pere Tabaret.
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Émile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873), was a French writer, novelist, and journalist, and a pioneer of modern detective fiction.
He was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Martime.
He became a secretary to Paul Féval, 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 policeman named Lecoq, who was the hero in three of Gaboriau's later detective novels. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman, François Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs, Les Vrais Mémoires de Vidocq, mixed fiction and fact. The book was published in the Pays and at once made his reputation. 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. Among them are:
- Le Crime d'Orcival - (1867)
- Monsieur Lecoq - (1869)
- La Vie infernale - (1870)
- Les Esclaves de Paris - (1869)
- L'Argent des autres - (1874)
Gaboriau gained a huge following, but when Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, Lecoq's international fame declined.
Gaboriau died in Paris of pulmonary apoplexy on 1873-09-28.
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I have a book titled The Mystery of Orcival,1871 by Holt and Williams. Is this book of any value? it is in very good condition. Thank you. Julie Costley
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if someone knows a gaboriau novel or short story about a false suicide which is really a murder, please tell me urgently. i'll be always thankful. itès for an university research
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In a group of used books i purchased was a hard cover older book that had no publishing dtes of other normal info. The publisher is identified as A, L. Burt, New York and the author is Emile Gaboriau. Book title is "File No. 113". I haven't read it yet but am mildly curious, (do i read it or just throw it out, ha).
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In a group of used books i purchased was a hard cover older book that had no publishing dtes of other normal info. The publisher is identified as A, L. Burt, New York and the author is Emile Gaboriau. Book title is "File No. 113". I haven't read it yet but am mildly curious, (do i read it or just throw it out, ha). What info do you have?
Thank you in advance for any thing provided.
Paul A. Rutter
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