15 Free Gaston Leroux Books [PDF]
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Looking for Gaston Leroux books? Gaston Leroux was a Paris lawyer turned crime reporter who became one of the founders of French detective fiction, and the author of The Phantom of the Opera.
Here you'll find 15 of his novels, from the locked-room puzzles of Joseph Rouletabille to the escapes of Chéri-Bibi. Leroux wrote them as newspaper serials between 1907 and 1926, so every chapter ends on a hook.
Every book is free to read online or download as PDF. Start with the Yellow Room if you like puzzles, or with the Phantom if you want the story behind the musical.
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The Phantom of the Opera and Other Fantastic Novels
The Phantom of the Opera came out as a serial in 1910 and became a legend after the 1925 Lon Chaney film and the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Leroux returned to the fantastic again and again, with reincarnation, Inca sacrifice and a painter who steals a wife's heart in her dreams.
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A quiet Paris rope merchant discovers he is the reincarnation of Cartouche, the famous 18th-century bandit, and starts hunting for the treasure he buried two centuries ago. A comic fantastic novel in Edgar Jepson's 1912 translation, with the original illustrations.
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Rouletabille Mysteries
Joseph Rouletabille is an 18-year-old reporter who solves crimes the police can't, starting with the locked-room puzzle of The Mystery of the Yellow Room. Leroux wrote it to beat Edgar Allan Poe at his own game, and The Perfume of the Lady in Black picks up right where it ends.
Chéri-Bibi Adventures
Chéri-Bibi is a convict sentenced for a murder he didn't commit, and these four novels follow his escapes, disguises and revenge. The Floating Prison opens the saga, and in the US it was published as Wolves of the Sea.
Leroux's Crime and Adventure Thrillers
These novels sit outside Leroux's two series, with a secret submarine war, a plot that ends at Mayerling and an actress crowned queen in the Brazilian jungle. Few readers know them today, which makes them a real find for fans of the Phantom.
Gaston Leroux died in Nice in 1927, but his reporter-detective and his Opera ghost are still everywhere, from films to musicals. Reading his other books shows how much more he had to offer.
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