La Poupée Sanglante

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La Poupée Sanglante

by Gaston Leroux

FR·~6 hours·29 chapters

Chapters

29 total
1

Copyright by Gaston Leroux 1924 - Tous droits de traduction, de reproduction et d'adaptation réservés pour tous pays.

0:07
2

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

0:53
3

LA POUPÉE SANGLANTE

0:01
4

I DERRIÈRE LES RIDEAUX

11:17
5

II OÙ BÉNÉDICT MASSON N'EST PAS AU BOUT DE SES ÉTONNEMENTS

21:16
6

III N'AURAIT-ELLE QU'UN MÉTRONOME SOUS SON CORSAGE?

9:56
7

IV LA ROUGE GOUTTE DE SANG PÈSE PLUS QUE LA MER EN COLÈRE

15:37
8

V TU VIENS T'ASSEOIR ET TU LANCES DES ŒILLADES MINAUDIÈRES

15:09
9

VI LA MARQUISE DE COULTERAY

14:13
10

VII LE MARQUIS

15:06

Description

In a quiet corner of the historic Ile‑Saint‑Louis, the modest shop of Bénict Masson hums with the scent of leather, ink and the soft ticking of clocks. Masson, a meticulous art‑binder with a poet’s soul, lives amid the faded grandeur of old Parisian streets that once welcomed the city’s great writers and painters. Leroux paints this neighbourhood with affectionate detail, letting the reader feel the cobblestones, the lingering shadows of vanished cafés, and the whisper of history in every doorway.

When a strange, blood‑stained doll appears among the items Masson repairs, it pulls the quiet craftsman into a web of unsettling clues and uneasy whispers. As friends and acquaintances begin to vanish or act strangely, the humble binder must follow cryptic notes and half‑remembered legends to uncover what lurks behind the velvet curtains of his world. The tale balances atmospheric mystery with an adventure that keeps the listener turning pages, all while the city’s timeless charm watches from the background.

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Language

fr

Duration

~6 hours (373K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.)

Release date

2021-07-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Gaston Leroux

Gaston Leroux

1868–1927

A pioneering French master of mystery and suspense, he gave the world both the ingenious reporter-detective Joseph Rouletabille and the haunting classic The Phantom of the Opera. Before turning to fiction, he built his eye for drama and detail as a journalist and court reporter.

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