Mystery of the Yellow Room

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• Publisher: Fantastica
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9781909676633
• Edition: 0

The Mystery of the Yellow Room is a classic detective novel by Gaston Leroux. It tells the story of a young reporter named Joseph Rouletabille who is tasked with solving a mysterious and seemingly unsolvable crime. The crime takes place in the titular Yellow Room, a locked room where a young woman is attacked and seemingly disappears without a trace. Rouletabille must use his wit and intuition to uncover the truth behind the mystery, while navigating a web of deceit and dangerous characters. The book is considered one of the earliest examples of the locked room genre and is known for its intricate plot and engaging characters.

Table of contents

• CHAPTER I. In Which We Begin Not to Understand
• CHAPTER II. In Which Joseph Roultabille Appears for the First Time
• CHAPTER III. “A Man Has Passed Like a Shadow Through the Blinds”
• CHAPTER IV. “In the Bosom of Wild Nature”
• CHAPTER V. In Which Joseph Rouletabille Makes a Remark to Monsieur Robert Darzac Which Produces Its Little Effect
• CHAPTER VI. In the Heart of the Oak Grove
• CHAPTER VII. In Which Rouletabille Sets Out on an Expedition Under the Bed
• CHAPTER VIII. The Examining Magistrate Questions Mademoiselle Stangerson
• CHAPTER IX. Reporter and Detective
• CHAPTER X. “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now”
• CHAPTER XI. In Which Frederic Larsan Explains How the Murderer Was Able to Get Out of The Yellow Room
• CHAPTER XII. Frederic Larsan’s Cane
• CHAPTER XIII. “The Presbytery Has Lost Nothing of Its Charm, Nor the Garden Its Brightness”
• CHAPTER XIV. “I Expect the Assassin This Evening”
• CHAPTER XV. The Trap
• CHAPTER XVI. Strange Phenomenon of the Dissociation of Matter
• CHAPTER XVII. The Inexplicable Gallery
• CHAPTER XVIII. Rouletabille Has Drawn a Circle Between the Two Bumps on His Forehead
• CHAPTER XIX. Rouletabille Invites Me to Breakfast at the Donjon Inn
• CHAPTER XX. An Act of Mademoiselle Stangerson
• CHAPTER XXI. On the Watch
• CHAPTER XXII. The Incredible Body
• CHAPTER XXIII. The Double Scent
• CHAPTER XXIV. Rouletabille Knows the Two Halves of the Murderer
• CHAPTER XXV. Rouletabille Goes on a Journey
• CHAPTER XXVI. In Which Joseph Rouletabille Is Awaited with Impatience
• CHAPTER XXVII. In Which Joseph Rouletabille Appears in All His Glory
• CHAPTER XXVIII. In Which It Is Proved That One Does Not Always Think of Everything
• CHAPTER XXIX. The Mystery of Mademoiselle Stangerson