Fantômas

by Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre

32 chapters10h 11mEnglish1915

About this book

Fantômas is the first of 32 novels penned from 1911 to 1913 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. The title character is a ruthless thief and killer, a bloodthirsty successor to LeBlanc's Arsène Lupin. The first five novels were made into silent film serials. The character and the movies caught the eye of the French Surrealists who admired the primal violence of Fantômas, as well as his portrayal in the films, which are considered landmarks in French Cinema. In Fantômas, the Marquise de Langrune is savagely murdered and Inspector Juve, who is obsessed with capturing Fantômas, arrives to solve the murder. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)

Chapters (32)

101 - The Genius of Crime

1400

202 - A Tragic Dawn

1770

303 - The Hunt for the Man

987

404 - 'No! I am not Mad!'

1330

505 - 'Arrest Me!'

794

606 - 'Fantomas, it is Death!'

2005

707 - The Criminal Investigation Department

1651

808 - A Dreadful Confession

1272

909 - All for Honour

1520

1010 - Princess Sonia's Bath

1669

1111 - Magistrate and Detective

951

1212 - A Knock-out Blow

1029

1313 - Therese's Future

853

1414 - Mademoiselle Jeanne

745

1515 - The Mad Woman's Plot

1223

1616 - Among the Market Porters

919

1717 - At the Saint-Anthony's Pig

1274

1818 - A Prisoner and a Witness

1187

1919 - Jerome Fandor

758

2020 - A Cup of Tea

735

2121 - Lord Beltham's Murderer

1085

2222 - The Scrap of Paper

591

2323 - The Wreck of the 'Lancaster'

676

2424 - Under Lock and Key

840

2525 - An Unexpected Accomplice

634

2626 - A Mysterious Crime

1060

2727 - Three Surprising Incidents

1204

2828 - The Court of Assize

1005

2929 - Verdict and Sentence

1315

3030 - An Assignation

1371

3131 - Fell Treachery

1539

3232 - On the Scaffold

1300

Fantômas

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