The Slaves of Paris

Émile Gaboriau

• Publisher: Passerino
• Year: 2023
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9791222071633
• Subtopic: Crime & Mystery Literature
• Index: Literature

The Slaves of Paris was first published in 1868 and is the fourth book in Émile Gaboriau's Monsieur Lecoq series. The novel follows the famous detective Monsieur Lecoq as he investigates a complex case involving the disappearance of a wealthy young woman and a mysterious organization known as "The Slaves of Paris." The novel is considered one of the earliest examples of detective fiction and helped to popularize the genre in France. Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873) was a French author and journalist who is often credited with being one of the founders of the modern detective novel. He is best known for his series of novels featuring the detective Monsieur Lecoq.

Table of contents

• Cover
• The Slaves of Paris
• Table of contents
• Caught in the Net
• Putting on the Screw
• A Registry Office
• The Opinion of Dr. Hortebise
• A Trustworthy Servant
• A Forgotten Crime
• A Medical Advisor
• In the Studio
• Mademoiselle de Mussidan
• Rose’s Promotion
• “You Are a Thief”
• The Man-Milliner
• A Startling Revelation
• Husband and Wife
• Father and Daughter
• Master Chupin
• A Turn of the Screw
• Some Scraps of Paper
• An Infamous Trade
• A Friendly Rival
• A Council of War
• An Academy of Music
• Diamond Cut Diamond
• Father and Son
• An Artful Trick
• A New Skin
• At the Grand Turk
• The Last Link
• The Champdoce Mystery
• A Ducal Monomaniac
• A Dangerous Acquaintance
• A Bold Adventure
• A Financial Transaction
• A Bad Start
• The Count de Puymandour
• An Unlucky Blow
• The Little Glass Bottle
• The Honor of the Name
• A Thunderbolt
• Marriage Bells; Funeral Knells
• “Rash Word, Rash Deed”
• A Scheme of Vengeance
• False Friend, Old Lover
• A Stab in the Dark
• Husband and Lover
• Blade to Blade
• The Heir of Champdoce
• Mascarin Speaks
• A Sudden Check
• A Melancholy Masher
• Ringing the Changes
• The Vanishing Bills
• The Spy
• Mascarin Moves
• A Cruel Slur
• The Tempter
• The Tafila Copper Mines, Limited
• The Veiled Portrait
• Gaston’s Dilemma
• M. Lecoq
• Through the Air
• The Day of Reckoning
• “Every Man to His Own Place”