Fantômas
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Publisher Description
Fantômas
Pierre Souvestre, french lawyer, journalist, writer and organizer of motor races (1874-1914)
This ebook presents «Fantômas», from Pierre Souvestre. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK
-02- THE GENIUS OF CRIME
-03- A TRAGIC DAWN
-04- THE HUNT FOR THE MAN
-05- NO I AM NOT MAD
-06- ARREST ME
-07- FANTÔMAS, IT IS DEATH
-08- THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT
-09- A DREADFUL CONFESSION
-10- ALL FOR HONOUR
-11- PRINCESS SONIA'S BATH
-12- MAGISTRATE AND DETECTIVE
-13- A KNOCK OUT BLOW
-14- THÉRÈSE'S FUTURE
-15- MADEMOISELLE JEANNE
-16- THE MAD WOMAN'S PLOT
-17- AMONG THE MARKET PORTERS
-18- AT THE SAINT ANTHONY'S PIG
-19- A PRISONER AND A WITNESS
-20- JÉRÔME FANDOR
-21- A CUP OF TEA
-22- LORD BELTHAM'S MURDERER
-23- THE SCRAP OF PAPER
-24- THE WRECK OF THE LANCASTER
-25- UNDER LOCK AND KEY
-26- AN UNEXPECTED ACCOMPLICE
-27- A MYSTERIOUS CRIME
-28- THREE SURPRISING INCIDENTS
-29- THE COURT OF ASSIZE
-30- VERDICT AND SENTENCE
-31- AN ASSIGNATION
-32- FELL TREACHERY
-33- ON THE SCAFFOLD
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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.'' And what does he do? He ``spreads terror,'' diabolically, craftily beyond all imagining: slashes throats of kindly old ladies; stuffs strangled British socialites into trunks; boldly robs Russian princesses in their hotel rooms; pushes witnesses off speeding trains to their deaths. Can Juve prevail against that hellish power? Men masquerade as women; suicides return from the dead; ladies wail ``What am I to do?'' and faint from surprise and shock. Juve finally hunts Fantomas down. But a surprise awaits, leaving the charmed reader of this French bestseller hoping to see more of the weird pair. Ashbery's introduction not seen by PW.
