Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction, Detective Fiction

Authors: Eugène Sue In Year : 1843

Book Language: English

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Chapter 01 - The Tapis-Franc
Chapter 02 - The Ogress
Chapter 03 - History of La Goualeuse
Chapter 04 - The Chourineur's History
Chapter 05 - The Arrest
Chapter 06 - Thomas Seyton and the Countess Sarah
Chapter 07 - "Your Money or your Life"
Chapter 08 - The Walk
Chapter 09 - The Surprise
Chapter 10 - Castles in the Air
Chapter 11 - Murphy and Rodolphe
Chapter 12 - The Rendez-vous
Chapter 13 - Preparations
Chapter 14 - The Bleeding Part
Chapter 15 - The Vault
Chapter 16 - The Sick-Nurse
Chapter 17 - The Punishment
Chapter 18 - The Isle Adam
Chapter 19 - Recompense
Chapter 20 - The Departure
Chapter 21 - Researches
Chapter 22 - History of David and Cecily
Chapter 23 - A House in the Rue du Temple - part 1
Chapter 23 - A House in the Rue du Temple - part 2
Chapter 24 - The Four Stories
Chapter 25 - Tom and Sarah - part 1
Chapter 25 - Tom and Sarah - part 2
Chapter 26 - The Ball

The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by Eugène Sue which was published serially in Journal des débats from June 19, 1842 until October 15, 1843. Les Mystères de Paris singlehandedly increased the circulation of Journal des débats.

There has been lots of talk on the origins of the French novel of the 19th century: Stendhal, Balzac, Dumas, Gautier, Sand or Hugo. One often forgets Eugène Sue. Still, The Mysteries of Paris occupies a unique space in the birth of this literary genre: it entranced thousands of readers for more than a year (even illiterates who had episodes read to them) and was also a major work in the formation of a certain form of social consciousness. One often hears that the 1848 revolution was partly born in the pages of the Mysteries of Paris or, more appropriately, that the Mysteries of Paris helped create a climate which allowed the 1848 revolution to occur.

The hero of the novel is the mysterious and distinguished Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gérolstein (a fictional country) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. Rodolphe can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. Yet he also shows great compassion for the lower classes, good judgment, and a brilliant mind. He can navigate all layers of society in order to understand their problems, and to understand how the different social classes are linked.

Rodolphe is accompanied by his friends Sir Walter Murph, an Englishman, and David, a gifted black doctor, formerly a slave.

The first figures they meet are Le Chourineur and La Goualeuse. Rodolphe saves La Goualeuse from Le Chourineur's brutality, and saves Le Chourineur from himself, knowing that the man still has some good in him. La Goualeuse is a prostitute, and Le Chourineur is a former butcher who has served 15 years in prison for murder. Both characters are grateful for Rodolphe's assistance, as are many other characters in the novel