
Language
fr
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Release date
2014-07-11
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1832–1873
A key early master of detective fiction, he helped shape the modern mystery through fast-moving serialized novels and the cool-headed investigations of Monsieur Lecoq. Writing in 19th-century Paris, he blended crime, suspense, and careful police work in ways that influenced generations of thriller writers.
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