✍ Scribed by Marcel Allain; Pierre Souvestre
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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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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
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.
"In the mode reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes and his ineradicable nemesis, the virtually immortal Professor Moriarty, Inspector Juve dedicates himself to the relentless pursuit of that evil genius Fantomas. He is, as they say in petrified Paris, "Nothing. . . Everything. . . Nobody. . . Somebody." An