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El hacha de oro
Mme Gutmann, tout juste mariée, tremble tous les soirs, effrayée par ce chalet perdu en pleine forêt allemande, par cette servante hostile et agressive, et surtout par Herbert le bûcheron, son mari... Il ne dort plus, marmonne dans sa barbe, se promène la nuit avec une hache, et ferme toujours à double tour la porte d'une pièce secrète.Parue en 1912, la nouvelle "La Hache d'Or" raconte la terrifiante histoire d'un meurtrier à la hache rouillée.-
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First published January 1, 1912
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Gaston Leroux
1,049 books1,077 followersGaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. It was also the basis of the 1990 novel Phantom by Susan Kay.
Leroux went to school in Normandy and studied law in Paris, graduating in 1889. He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy. Then in 1890, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic for L'Écho de Paris. His most important journalism came when he began working as an international correspondent for the Paris newspaper Le Matin. In 1905 he was present at and covered the Russian Revolution. Another case he was present at involved the investigation and deep coverage of an opera house in Paris, later to become a ballet house. The basement consisted of a cell that held prisoners in the Paris Commune, which were the rulers of Paris through much of the Franco-Prussian war.
He suddenly left journalism in 1907, and began writing fiction. In 1909, he and Arthur Bernède formed their own film company, Société des Cinéromans to simultaneously publish novels and turn them into films. He first wrote a mystery novel entitled Le mystère de la chambre jaune (1908; The Mystery of the Yellow Room), starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille. Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. Leroux died in Nice on April 15, 1927, of a urinary tract infection.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. It was also the basis of the 1990 novel Phantom by Susan Kay.
Leroux went to school in Normandy and studied law in Paris, graduating in 1889. He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy. Then in 1890, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic for L'Écho de Paris. His most important journalism came when he began working as an international correspondent for the Paris newspaper Le Matin. In 1905 he was present at and covered the Russian Revolution. Another case he was present at involved the investigation and deep coverage of an opera house in Paris, later to become a ballet house. The basement consisted of a cell that held prisoners in the Paris Commune, which were the rulers of Paris through much of the Franco-Prussian war.
He suddenly left journalism in 1907, and began writing fiction. In 1909, he and Arthur Bernède formed their own film company, Société des Cinéromans to simultaneously publish novels and turn them into films. He first wrote a mystery novel entitled Le mystère de la chambre jaune (1908; The Mystery of the Yellow Room), starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille. Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. Leroux died in Nice on April 15, 1927, of a urinary tract infection.
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May 16, 2020
Excelente historia, te mantiene con el suspenso hasta el final, uno comienza a idearse locas teorías, por lo menos; todas las mías eran erróneas 😒. Al final, uno termina por comprender la razón de aquella decisión, por parte del personaje.
October 12, 2018
Me gustó mucho esta historia. Mucho suspenso, drama y al final, cierto romance.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Historia de una mujer triste y retraída a quien le regalan un hacha. Ella la arroja al mar. Cuenta el por qué odia ver un hacha. Su esposo era un verdugo, cuyo trabajo nunca pudo deja, pero vivía con la culpa de ser el causante de muchas muertes. Al final ella lo deja, traumada de saber cuál era su trabajo. Él se suicida, pero le deja una nota diciéndole que siempre la amó, aunque vivió muy desdichado.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Historia de una mujer triste y retraída a quien le regalan un hacha. Ella la arroja al mar. Cuenta el por qué odia ver un hacha. Su esposo era un verdugo, cuyo trabajo nunca pudo deja, pero vivía con la culpa de ser el causante de muchas muertes. Al final ella lo deja, traumada de saber cuál era su trabajo. Él se suicida, pero le deja una nota diciéndole que siempre la amó, aunque vivió muy desdichado.
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