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    The Mystery of the Yellow Room
    The Mystery of the Yellow Room
    The Mystery of the Yellow Room
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    Written by Gaston Leroux

    Narrated by Multiple Narrators

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    "The finest locked room tale ever written." — John Dickson Carr, author of The Hollow Man

    “If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.” - Gaston Leroux, The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    Gaston Leroux is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera. However, he also wrote some excellent detective stories. In fact, Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America.

    In this, his most popular mystery, rival detectives try to crack the following case: Madamoiselle Stangerson retires to bed in the Yellow Room.

    Suddenly, revolver shots echo through the house and she screams for help. Her father and a servant run to the locked room where they find the wounded girl - alone. The only other exit, a window, is barred. How had the assailant escaped?

    An Author's Republic audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateJun 8, 2017
    ISBN9781518952401
    Author

    Gaston Leroux

    Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and writer of detective fiction. Born in Paris, Leroux attended school in Normandy before returning to his home city to complete a degree in law. After squandering his inheritance, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic to avoid bankruptcy. As a journalist, Leroux earned a reputation as a leading international correspondent, particularly for his reporting on the 1905 Russian Revolution. In 1907, Leroux switched careers in order to become a professional fiction writer, focusing predominately on novels that could be turned into film scripts. With such novels as The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1908), Leroux established himself as a leading figure in detective fiction, eventually earning himself the title of Chevalier in the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award for merit. The Phantom of the Opera (1910), his most famous work, has been adapted countless times for theater, television, and film, most notably by Andrew Lloyd Webber in his 1986 musical of the same name.

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      I’m sure the book is amazing but the audiobook is such a poor quality. It sounds like someone decided to read the book and record it on their phone. Not professionally done. I couldn’t get passed the first minute.