tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1765091760127715777..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Émile Gaboriau's proto-mystery Corde au cou - "What would a policeman be who did not know how to disguise himself"Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-38883325405883331122020-12-13T19:27:30.945-06:002020-12-13T19:27:30.945-06:00How nice that some library has some actual books b...How nice that some library has some actual books by Gaboriau. But that fits my sense, that he has not been translated or even in print for a while.<br /><br />At some point I will allow myself to read French-in-English again; maybe I will blow through a Gaboriau or two then. They'll fly by.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-72148391555081155552020-12-13T17:39:25.043-06:002020-12-13T17:39:25.043-06:00I've been so focused on more recent detectives...I've been so focused on more recent detectives/mysteries, that I've neglected any interest I once had in the "origin stories." I actually have Gaboriau on my list to try out, someday. Your post did send me down a mini-rabbit hole and I found an Ohio public library I could, it looks like, request some from (we're fortunate to have a request system that extends beyond our regional libraries)--but they appear to be early translations, so it would seem he's been largely forgotten in English. Pity I don't read French...amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10181153711981352752020-12-12T11:19:30.127-06:002020-12-12T11:19:30.127-06:00It is easy to see how a later writer, like Doyle o...It is easy to see how a later writer, like Doyle or Leroux, could think "What if we kept the detective part and just left out the boring part?" Yes, try that, please.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-90365888028662947282020-12-12T11:11:01.198-06:002020-12-12T11:11:01.198-06:00i read this some years back... i disliked it beca...i read this some years back... i disliked it because it was long and boring and i liked it because it was long... and boring...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-28632670325595962082020-12-12T09:02:25.403-06:002020-12-12T09:02:25.403-06:00I should, in some sense, read one of the Lecoq nov...I should, in some sense, read one of the Lecoq novels, I suppose the first, for comparison.<br /><br />I see that the English Gaboriau has been swamped by e-books of public domain translations. Not a good situation. In France, Gaboriau has something like ten novels in print in decent editions.<br />Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-27404677924333204932020-12-12T06:44:57.926-06:002020-12-12T06:44:57.926-06:00I read some Gaboriau decades ago, in English. I re...I read some Gaboriau decades ago, in English. I remember liking it at the time, but then I did tend to absorb books like a sponge at that point in my life. I'd like to give him another go sometime. kaggsysbookishramblingshttp://www.kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63822306497658058832020-12-12T00:13:45.898-06:002020-12-12T00:13:45.898-06:00Haycraft seems to prefer the earlier Gaboriau; Pou...Haycraft seems to prefer the earlier Gaboriau; Pouy the later. For what that's worth. I checked to see if <i>Corde au cou</i> is in print in French (of course it is), but I did not check the English status.<br /><br />The Haycraft Queen list has quite a bit more early fiction studd, Leroux and so on.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-59359643816324128112020-12-11T22:43:12.462-06:002020-12-11T22:43:12.462-06:00Interesting! I've never tried Gaboriau, much l...Interesting! I've never tried Gaboriau, much less in French. There are four of them (though not this) on the Haycroft Queen list. I assume he was once better known to English readers, but now I assume he's pretty much just a name, if that. At least he is for me.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.com