The Man With The Black Feather Illustrated

"One evening last year I perceived in the waiting-room of my newspaper, Le Matin, a man dressed in black, his face heavy with the darkest despair, whose dry, dead eyes seemed to receive the images of things like unmoving mirrors. He was seated; and there rested on his knees a sandalwood box inlaid with polished steel. An office-boy told me that he had sat there motionless, silent, awaiting my coming, for three mortal hours." (Extract) Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) 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, which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name. His novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is also one of the most famous locked-room mysteries ever.

This eBook edition of "The House of the Seven Gables (Illustrated)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel which follows the story of a New England family and their ancestral home. In this book, Hawthorne explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement and colors the tale with suggestions of the supernatural and witchcraft. The setting for the book was inspired by a gabled house in Salem belonging to Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll and by ancestors of Hawthorne who had played a part in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne's (1804-1864) writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered to be part of the Dark romanticism. His themes often centre on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity.

The Mystery of the Yellow Room" is one of the first locked-room mystery crime fiction novels. It is the first novel starring fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, and concerns a complex and seemingly impossible crime in which the criminal appears to disappear from a locked room. Leroux provides the reader with detailed, precise diagrams and floorplans illustrating the scene of the crime. The emphasis of the story is firmly on the intellectual challenge to the reader, who will almost certainly be hard pressed to unravel every detail of the situation. The Phantom of the Opera" is a story inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century. Opera singer Christine triumphs at the gala on the night of the old managers' retirement. Her old childhood friend, Raoul, hears her sing and recalls his love for Christine. At this time, there are rumours of a phantom living at the Opera and he makes himself known to the managers through letters and malevolent acts. Sometime after the gala, the Paris Opera performs Faust, with the prima donna Carlotta playing the lead, against the Phantom's wishes. During the performance, Carlotta loses her voice and the grand chandelier plummets into the audience... Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) 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.

The Man with the Black Feather is an adventure novel about a mysterious young man with a double life. Excerpt: "I WAS passing through the waiting-room of the Morning Journal on a certain evening last year when my attention was drawn to a man seated in a corner. He was dressed in black and his appearance was that of the deepest dejection."

"One evening last year I perceived in the waiting-room of my newspaper, Le Matin, a man dressed in black, his face heavy with the darkest despair, whose dry, dead eyes seemed to receive the images of things like unmoving mirrors. He was seated; and there rested on his knees a sandalwood box inlaid with polished steel. An office-boy told me that he had sat there motionless, silent, awaiting my coming, for three mortal hours." (Extract) Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) 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, which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name. His novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is also one of the most famous locked-room mysteries ever.

Famous for his enduring horror masterpiece ‘The Phantom of the Opera’, Gaston Leroux was also an accomplished author of detective fiction. Featuring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille, his intelligently structured stories of ‘The Mystery of the Yellow Room’ and ‘The Perfume of the Woman in Black’ have enthralled readers for over a hundred years. This eBook features the largest collection of Leroux’s tales ever compiled in English translation, with many rare works appearing for the first time in digital print, accompanied with informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Leroux’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * 19 novels with individual contents tables — many appearing here for the first time * Features six Joseph Rouletabille novels * The complete Chéri Bibi novels * Includes Leroux’s last novel, ‘Mister Flow’ (The Man of a Hundred Faces), first time in digital print * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories available in no other collection * The majority of translations were made by Hannaford Bennett * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres * UPDATED with the rare novel 'The Amazing Adventures of Carolus Herbert' - first time in digital print Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Adventures of Rouletabille The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1907) The Perfume of the Woman in Black (1908) Secret of the Night (1913) The Slave Bangle (1921) The Sleuth Hound (1922) Chéri Bibi Series The Wolves of the Sea (1913) Chéri-Bibi and Cecily (1916) The Dark Road (1921) The New Idol (1926) Other Novels The Man with the Black Feather (1903) The Phantom of the Opera (1909) Balaoo (1911) The Bride of the Sun (1912) The Amazing Adventures of Carolus Herbert (1917) The Veiled Prisoner (1917) The Kiss That Killed (1923) The Son of Three Fathers (1924) The Adventures of a Coquette (1924) The Man of a Hundred Faces (1927) Lady Helena; or, The Mysterious Lady by Louis Latzarus (1929) The Short Fiction Miscellaneous Short Stories Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks