{"product_id":"19th-century-french-mysteries-a-collection-of-short-stories-paperback","title":"19th Century French Mysteries: A Collection of Short Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParis, late 1880s...the era of \"lions,\" of extreme wealth versus extreme poverty, of class differences that don't mix -- or do they? And when they do? Murder, mayhem, love lost, fortunes lost... what could go wrong?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The modern detective story, today the mainstay of movies, television series, and popular literature, evolved over a period of more than forty years.\u003cbr\u003e In the late 1880s, competition among newspapers created a new type of writer, the feuilletoniste, who contributed on a regular basis within the time restraints of a deadline. Their stories, \"leaves,\" were inserted into newspapers to introduce the man in the street to exciting, serialized stories, and to keep readers buying the same newspaper week after week.\u003cbr\u003e There were many feuilletonistes, many familiar today to the English and French reading publics, but not known to them primarily as feuilletonistes.\u003cbr\u003e Most of those well known, whose contributions were later published as novels, did not concentrate exclusively on the law or those in opposition to the law, and contributed only marginally to the creation of the detective\u003cbr\u003e story.\u003cbr\u003e However, elements of the modern detective story flowed through the works of three feuilletonistes, changing over a relatively short time, and culminating in the \"roman judiciaire.\" Those writers were Paul F val, Emile Gaboriau, \u003cbr\u003e and Fortun  du Boisgobey.\u003cbr\u003e Within are six stories from several French feuilletonistes and writers, Emile Gaboriau, Julien Green, Melchoir Fr d ric Souli , and Hector Fleischmann.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46185429270667,"sku":"9781937667214","price":26.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/aWEyVGJtakR3Q2xvbnhTWG1OTzNBdz09.webp?v=1773118038","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/19th-century-french-mysteries-a-collection-of-short-stories-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}