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Chéri-Bibi #4
Ο τυχοδιώκτης Σερί Μπιμπί
Η Φρανσουάζ ντ' Ομόν έχει καταλάβει από καιρό πως υπάρχει κάποιο μυστικό στη ζωή του άντρα της, Ντιντιέ.
Τι τον συνδέει με τον τερατώδη ψαρά Σύλβιο και γιατί κρύβονται από την αστυνομία;
Η Φρανσουάζ αποφασίζει να συναντήσει τον Σύλβιο, που της διηγείται τα πάντα σχετικά με το παρελθόν του Ντιντιέ, ο οποίος ήταν καταδικασμένος πριν από μερικά χρόνια σε καταναγκαστικά έργα για έναν φόνο που δεν έκανε.
Πραγματικά, ο Ντιντιέ είναι αθώος και αγωνίζεται να το αποδείξει. Το κολιέ που φοράει η Νίνα-Νόχα η χορεύτρια στον λαιμό της δεν είναι το ίδιο με εκείνο που τον κατηγόρησαν πως είχε κλέψει;
Έτσι ίσως μπορέσει ν΄ανακαλύψει τα ίχνη του πραγματικού δολοφόνου.
Τι τον συνδέει με τον τερατώδη ψαρά Σύλβιο και γιατί κρύβονται από την αστυνομία;
Η Φρανσουάζ αποφασίζει να συναντήσει τον Σύλβιο, που της διηγείται τα πάντα σχετικά με το παρελθόν του Ντιντιέ, ο οποίος ήταν καταδικασμένος πριν από μερικά χρόνια σε καταναγκαστικά έργα για έναν φόνο που δεν έκανε.
Πραγματικά, ο Ντιντιέ είναι αθώος και αγωνίζεται να το αποδείξει. Το κολιέ που φοράει η Νίνα-Νόχα η χορεύτρια στον λαιμό της δεν είναι το ίδιο με εκείνο που τον κατηγόρησαν πως είχε κλέψει;
Έτσι ίσως μπορέσει ν΄ανακαλύψει τα ίχνη του πραγματικού δολοφόνου.
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1919
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About the author
Gaston Leroux
1,051 books1,078 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 29, 2021
Free download available at Project Gutenberg
I made the proofing of this book for Free Literature and Project Gutenberg will publish it.
I made the proofing of this book for Free Literature and Project Gutenberg will publish it.
June 17, 2022
A great novel that reflects the prevailing situation of the early 1900s, captures with a vigorous way the sentiments of the characters and shows their perspective of things.
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November 5, 2025Enjoyed narrating and recording this free version from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65459) Well translated from the original French (though of course I’m no expert). One of a series of exciting adventure stories featuring Leroux's criminal mastermind Chéri-Bibi. When the story starts the "astonishing bandit", Chéri-Bibi, is languishing in a penal colony, somewhere in the darkest regions of the French empire. In the colony he’s befriended a more noble type of prisoner, Raoul de Saint-Dalmas, known colloquially as 'the Nut' although I’m not sure why. Perhaps he’s a tough nut. The dastardly forces of the characters Parisian, the Burglar, the Joker and the Caid get their enjoyment from interfering in our heroes' lives. Then there are the Chief and his warders, Pernambouc the Executioner and his assistant Monsieur Desiré, for Chéri-Bibi and the Nut to contend with. An incredible adventure begins from here. The author, Gaston Leroux, (born in Paris in 1868, died in Nice in 1927) wrote, many other stories the chief of which, has spawned so many celebrated performances on Broadway and in London's West End, as The Phantom of the Opera. This should be appearing as an audiobook to listen to in good time on librivox.org
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