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Monsieur Lecoq is the creation of Émile Gaboriau, a 19th century French writer and journalist. Émile Gaboriau ( November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873) was a French Writer, novelist and journalist and a pioneer of This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Monsieur Lecoq is a fictional detective employed by the French Sûreté. Detective fiction is a branch of Crime fiction in which a Detective (or detectives either professional or amateur investigate a crime usually Murder Sûreté (French for "surety" but is usually translated as "safety" or "security"(1 is a term used in French speaking countries or regions The character is one of the pioneers of the genre and a major influence on Sherlock Holmes (who, in A Study in Scarlet, calls him "a miserable bungler"), laying the ground work for the methodical, scientifically minded detective. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 A Study in Scarlet is a Detective mystery Novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. In French, "Monsieur" is "Mister" and his surname literally means "The Rooster". French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people A rooster (also called a cock or chanticleer) is a male Chicken ( Gallus gallus) the female being called a Hen.

In the person of armchair detective Tabaret, nicknamed Père Tireauclair, i. e,: Father Bringer of Light, a title Lecoq himself will eventually inherit, Gaboriau also created an older mentor for Lecoq who, like Mycroft Holmes and Nero Wolfe, helps the hero solve particularly challenging puzzles while remaining largely inactive physically. Mycroft Holmes is a Fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective created by the American Mystery writer Rex Stout, who made his debut in 1934 In Tabaret's case, aid is dispensed from the comfort of his bed.

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Inspiration

One inspiration for the character of Monsieur Lecoq came from a certain Eugène François Vidocq, a real life criminal who later became a policeman and eventually the first director of Sûreté. Eugène François Vidocq ( July 23, 1775 &ndash May 11, 1857) was a French criminal who later became the first director of Sûreté (French for "surety" but is usually translated as "safety" or "security"(1 is a term used in French speaking countries or regions Another influence was another character named Monsieur Lecoq, who appeared in Les Habits Noirs, written by Paul Féval, père who had been Gaboriau's employer in 1862. Les Habits Noirs is a Book series written over a thirty-year period comprising eleven novels created by Paul Féval père, a 19th century French Paul Henri Corentin Féval, père ( 29 September 1816 - 8 March 1887) was a French Novelist and Dramatist

Honoré de Balzac introduced the notorious Vautrin, also inspired by Vidocq, in Le Père Goriot in 1834. Le Père Goriot (English Father Goriot or Old Goriot) is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850 Also, Alexandre Dumas, père created the character of Monsieur Jackal, the mysterious head of the Paris Sûreté in Les Mohicans de Paris (1854-59).

Books

Monsieur Lecoq appears in five novels and one short story written by Gaboriau and several pastiches. The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic Genre.

French works and their English translations:

  1. L’Affaire Lerouge (1866) -The Lerouge Case
  2. Le Crime d’Orcival (1867) -The Mystery of Orcival, Crime at Orcival
  3. Le Dossier No. 113 (1867) -File No. 113, Dossier No. 113, The Blackmailers
  4. Les Esclaves des Paris (1868) -The Slaves of Paris
  5. Monsieur Lecoq (1869)
  6. “Une Disparition” in Le Petite Vieux des Batingoles (1876) -“A Disappearance” in The Little Old Man of Batignoles
  7. Le Vieillesse de Monsieur Lecoq (1878) by Fortune du Boisgobey -The Old Age of Monsieur Lecoq
  8. La Fille de M. Fortuné Hippolyte Auguste Castille ( September 11, 1821 - February 26, 1891) French writer of fiction whose nom de plume Lecoq (1886) by & William Busnach & Henri Chabrillat - The Daughter of Monsieur Lecoq
  9. Le Dernier Dossier de M. Lecoq (1952) by J. Kéry (novella) - Monsieur Lecoq's Last File

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