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The daring exploits of Fant�mas in his attempts to get possession of the King of Hesse-Weimar's famous diamond.
Welcome to the thrilling world of "The Long Arm of Fantômas" by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, where danger lurks around every corner and suspense grips you from the very first page. Step into the shadowy realm of Parisian crime as you follow the relentless pursuit of the elusive mastermind, Fantômas, by the intrepid Inspector Juve. With plot twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat, this gripping tale unravels a web of deceit and deception that will leave you breathless. As the tension mounts and the stakes escalate, Souvestre and Allain skillfully weave together themes of justice, revenge, and the blurred lines between good and evil. Through the thrilling exploit...
The daring exploits of Fantomas in his attempts to get possession of the King of Hesse-Weimar's famous diamond. Marcel Allain (1885-1970) was a French writer mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Pierre Souvestre of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantomas. The son of a Parisian bourgeois family, Allain studied law before becoming a journalist. He then became the assistant of Souvestre, who was already a well-known figure in literary circles. In 1909, the two men published their first novel, Le Rour. Investigating Magistrate Germain Fuselier, later to become a recurring character in the Fantomas series, appears in the novel."
Fantomas returns to strike fear into the hearts of American readers with a new, even more vicious and mystifying series of crimes, and again comes up against his arch nemesis, Inspector Juve."
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Surrealism and the Gothic is the first book-length analysis of the role played by the gothic in both the initial emergence of surrealism and at key moments in its subsequent development as an art and literary movement. The book argues the strong and sustained influence, not only of the classic gothic novel itself – Ann Radcliffe, Charles Maturin, Matthew Lewis, etc. – but also the determinative impact of closely related phenomena, as with the influence of mediumism, alchemy and magic. The book also traces the later development of the gothic novel, as with Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and its mutation into such works of popular fiction as the Fantômas series of Marcel Allain and Pierre Souve...
Marcel Allain (1885-1970) was a French writer mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Pierre Souvestre of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantomas. Pierre Souvestre (1874-1914) was a French lawyer, journalist, writer and organizer of motor races. Allain became the assistant of Souvestre, when he was already a well-known figure in literary circles. In 1909, the two men published their first novel, Le Rour. Investigating Magistrate Germain Fuselier, later to become a recurring character in the Fantomas series, appears in the novel. Then, in 1911, Allain and Souvestre embarked upon the Fantomas book series at the request of publisher Artheme Fayard, who wanted to create ...