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Cheri-Bibi
The hulkish Chéri-Bibi, framed for a murder which he did not commit, escapes from Devil's Island by having the dying Marquis du Touchais' face grafted upon his own by a mad surgeon. But fate will not easily relinquish its prey and Chéri-Bibi discovers that his newfound freedom and fortune have come at a terrible price. After The Phantom of the Opera and detective Joseph Rouletabille, Chéri-Bibi is the third legendary hero created by one of France's greatest popular novelist and feuilletoniste of La Belle Epoque, Gaston Leroux (1868-1927).
- GenresFrance
220 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1914
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Gaston Leroux
1,061 books1,082 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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December 9, 2018
Θετικά στοιχεία: ενδιαφέρουσα απόδοση της εποχής, εμπνευσμένα στοιχεία στη πλοκή, ατμοσφαιρικό.
Αρνητικά στοιχεία: Αργός ρυθμός, αρκετά προβλήματα στη μετάφραση και στη ροή της μετάφρασης, περιττά σχόλια και μακρόσυρτη ανάλυση των χαρακτήρων, στατικότητα στη πλοκή, ενώ, σε αρκετά σημεία. είναι κουραστικό και βαρετό.
Συνολική βαθμολογία: 2,8/5 ή 5,6/10.
Αρνητικά στοιχεία: Αργός ρυθμός, αρκετά προβλήματα στη μετάφραση και στη ροή της μετάφρασης, περιττά σχόλια και μακρόσυρτη ανάλυση των χαρακτήρων, στατικότητα στη πλοκή, ενώ, σε αρκετά σημεία. είναι κουραστικό και βαρετό.
Συνολική βαθμολογία: 2,8/5 ή 5,6/10.
April 25, 2020
Διάβασα τα πρώτα κεφάλαια αυτού του βιβλίου όμως δεν μου άρεσε οπότε και το άφησα. Θεωρώ ότι είναι κάπως βαρετό και αργό. Ίσως αργότερα να αποκτόυσε ενδιαφέρον. Παρόλα αυτά το άφησα.
January 14, 2019
Μέχρι τη μέση περίπου, η ιστορία εξελίσσεται με αργό ρυθμό.Από τη μέση και μετά καλύτερος ρυθμός που κρατά το ενδιαφέρον μέχρι τη τελευταία σελίδα!
February 26, 2021
Όλο το ζουμί στις τελευταίες 50 σελίδες... Μέχρι εκείνο το σημείο βαρετό.
September 29, 2014
Sounds like a marvellous adventure story. Perhaps the abridged version does not do it justice but then a Dumas or a Verne in the same editions still reads marvellously.
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