SUMMARY: One episode simply melts away as the next takes over in this deliciously sinister turn-of-the-century tale of a French evil genius run rampant. Three appalling crimes leave all of Paris aghast: the Marquise de Langruen is hacked to death, the Princess Sonia is robbed, and Lord Beltham is
Fantômas
✍ Scribed by Marcel Allain; Pierre Souvestre
- Publisher
- Project Gutenberg;Dover Publications
- Year
- 2009;2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION -- "The Emperor of Crime"; I. THE GENIUS OF CRIME; II. A TRAGIC DAWN; III. THE HUNT FOR THE MAN; IV. "NO! I AM NOT MAD!"; V. "ARREST ME!"; VI. "FANTÔMAS, IT IS DEATH!"; VII. THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT; VIII. A DREADFUL CONFESSION; IX. ALL FOR HONOUR; X. PRINCESS SONIA'S BATH; XI. MAGISTRATE AND DETECTIVE; XII. A KNOCK-OUT BLOW; XIII. THÉRÈSE'S FUTURE; XIV MADEMOISELLE JEANNE; XV. THE MAD WOMAN'S PLOT; XVI. AMONG THE MARKET PORTERS; XVII. AT THE SAINT-ANTHONY'S PIG; XVIII. A PRISONER AND A WITNESS.;A noblewoman is hacked to death in her chateau, a Russian princess is boldly robbed at a posh hotel, and a lord's lifeless body is found stuffed into a trunk. Everyone recognizes the deeds of Fantômas, a master of disguise whose daring and diabolical crimes paralyze Parisians with terror. One man has sworn to bring the phantom killer to justice: Inspector Juve, who ventures from dark alleys to brilliant salons in his relentless pursuit of the evil genius. The first volume in a series of wildly popular French thrillers, Fantômas created a sensation in pre-WWI Europe. The original pulp fiction, i.
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