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The Gaston Leroux Library
Behind every door lies a secret; beneath every staircase, a shadow; within every beautiful voice, perhaps a cry from the depths. The Gaston Leroux Library opens the locked rooms of one of France’s great masters of mystery and melodrama, presenting his books read in full. Enter the opera house, the chamber, the corridor, the crime scene—and listen closely, for the truth is never where it first appears.
Episodes
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 22 - In Which the Catastrophe Grows Yet More Inexplicable
In which the curious disappearance of an express train is rendered all the more baffling upon inspection of a disused side-line and the mysterious movements of…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 21 - The Earless Man With His Head Out of the Window
In which a perplexing mystery unfolds upon the sudden and inexplicable disappearance of an express train and the shocking discovery of a man with his head…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 20 - The Strange Behaviour of an Express Train
In which Theophrastus wrestles with a profound inner turmoil and the shadow of his past deeds as he roams the bleak outskirts of a distant railway…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 19 - The Story of the Calf
In which we accompany Theophrastus and his companions as he reads aloud a newspaper account of a daring criminal who eludes capture through uncanny escapes and…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 18 - The Evening Paper
In which a lively evening domino game is interrupted by the reading of a curious newspaper article that recounts a series of recent crimes attributed to a…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 17 - Theophrastus Begins To Take An Interest In Things
In which Theophrastus, slowly regaining both strength and his natural curiosity, takes delight in the simple pleasures of Parisian life, particularly in the…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 16 - The Drawbacks of Psychic Surgery
In which a mystical and harrowing revival prompts a triumphant yet grievous awakening, revealing the profound physical toll of time and suffering endured…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 15 - The Operation Ends
In which the skilled M. Eliphas de la Nox undertakes the delicate astral operation of navigating the torments suffered by Cartouche’s spirit through the…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 14 - The Operation Begins
In which we are given a detailed and tense account of an extraordinary psychical operation undertaken to separate the restless presence of Cartouche from the…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 13 - The Cure That Missed
In which a troubled gentleman named Theophrastus encounters the luminous and enigmatic M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox, a learned Mage…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 12 - The House of Strange Words
In which the curious and troublesome papers concerning Cartouche’s death invite a re-examination of history with a spirited discourse between Theophrastus and…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 11 - Theophrastus Maintains That He Did Not Die On the Place de Gréve
In which a gentleman reflects upon a peculiar night and reveals startling truths about his character and past, much to the distress of his wife and the concern…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 10 - The Explanation of the Strange Attitude of a Little Violet Cat
In which an intriguing nocturnal visit to a neighbour’s flat reveals a curious, purring violet cat that unsettles all who encounter it, intertwining with…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 9 - Strange Position of a Little Violet Cat
In which the tranquil evening of three companions gives way to a most peculiar and unsettling disturbance emanating from a small violet cat figurine, whose…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 8 - The Wax Mask
In which Theophrastus Longuet contemplates the curious wax mask moulded from the features of the infamous Cartouche, stirring within him a complex mingling of…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 7 - The Young Cartouche
In which Theophrastus and Marceline seek respite at Azure Waves Villa while awaiting Adolphe’s arrival, who brings news and revelations concerning the…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 6 - The Portrait
In which the honest cabman Theophrastus Longuet is confounded by the mysterious possession of numerous stolen items, stirring doubts and dark dreams that hint…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 5 - Theophrastus Shows the Black Feather
In which a small assembly of friends—Theophrastus, Marceline, and the erudite Adolphe—delve into mysteries of heredity and soul through a curious analogy of a…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 4 - Adolphe Lecamus Is Flabbergasted but Frank
In which Theophrastus Longuet, beset by bewildering experiences and an enigmatic document, confides his strange ordeal to his wife Marceline and contemplates…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 3 - Theophrastus Longuet Bursts Into Song
In which Theophrastus Longuet, a retired rubber stamp maker, discovers a mysterious eighteenth-century scrap of paper bearing his own handwriting, igniting his…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 2 - The Scrap of Paper
In which a pragmatic rubber stamp maker named Theophrastus Longuet, a man of sound mind and sceptic of the supernatural, recounts a peculiar and unsettling…
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The Man with the Black Feather Chapter 1 - M. Theophrastus Longuet Desires To Improve His Mind and Visits Historical Monuments
In which M. Theophrastus Longuet, accompanied by his charming wife and steadfast friend Adolphe, embarks upon a visit to the ancient and somber Conciergerie…
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The Man with the Black Feather Historical Preface: The Sandalwood Box
In which a sombre visitor delivers a mysterious sandalwood box to the narrator, professing it to be the bequest of the late Theophrastus Longuet, and then…