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Émile Gaboriau

Born

in Saujon, France

November 09, 1832

Died

September 28, 1873

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Crime

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Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Maritime. He became a secretary to Paul Féval, and after publishing some novels and miscellaneous writings, found his real gift in L'Affaire Lerouge (1866).

The book, which was Gaboriau's first detective novel, introduced an amateur detective. It also introduced a young police officer named Monsieur Lecoq, who was the hero in three of Gaboriau's later detective novels. The character of Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned police officer, Eugène François Vidocq (1775–1857), whose own memoirs, Les Vrais Mémoires de Vidocq, mixed fiction and fact. It may also have been influenced by the villainous Monsieur Lecoq, one of the main protagonists of Féval's Les Habits Noirs book series.

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	The Lerouge Case (Monsieur Lecoq #1) 3.74 avg rating — 589 ratings — published 1863 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsieur Lecoq 3.84 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1869 — 180 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El crimen de Orcival (Monsieur Lecoq #2) by Émile Gaboriau (Original Author), Iván Cuervo Berango (Illustrator), Eva González Pardo (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 1866 — 339 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	File No. 113 (Monsieur Lecoq #3) by Émile Gaboriau, Nina Cooper (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1867 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le petit vieux des Batignolles 3.33 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1876 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Within an Inch of His Life 3.97 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1873 — 226 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clique of Gold 3.96 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1871 — 258 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caught in the Net 3.71 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1868 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Other People's Money 3.74 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1874 — 177 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Honor of the Name 3.77 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1869 — 267 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. In the hour of need, when all else fails, we remember him upon whose knees we sat when children, and who soothed our sorrows; and even though he may be unable to assist us, his mere presence serves to comfort and strengthen us.”
― Émile Gaboriau, File No. 113

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“Alas! we must suffer ourselves before we can feel for others.”
― Émile Gaboriau, File No. 113

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“Vengeance is a delicious fruit, which must be allowed to ripen in order that it may be fully enjoyed.”
― Émile Gaboriau, File No. 113

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