Mystery and Crime Souvestre, Emile: FANTOMAS-The Exploits of Juve [#2], v1, 01 April 2008.

[Dr. Drib]

This title was released under a Creative Commons License, with additional acknowledgement placed at the end of the book. Book was acquired from Munseys, BUT REFORMATED BY ME TO MY SPECIFICATIONS.
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Here’s what I know about Fantomas, gathered from two websites:

The first:

“One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appeared in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by Allain alone after Souvestre's death. The character was also the basis of various film, television, and comic book adaptations. His importance in the history of crime fiction cannot be overestimated, as he represents a transition from Gothic novel villains of the 1800s, to modern-day serial killers.”
The second:

“Fantômas is the Lord of Terror, the Genius of Evil, the arch-criminal anti-hero of a series of 32 pre-WWI French thrillers written by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain. He carries out the most appalling crimes: substituting sulfuric acid in the perfume dispensers at a Parisian department store, releasing plague-infested rats on an ocean liner, or forcing a victim to witness his own execution by placing him face-up in a guillotine. Fantômas is the master of a thousand disguises and the leader of a vast army of "apaches" (street thugs). His spies and henchmen are everywhere, spreading the seeds of chaos and terror. Fantômas is anyone and no one, everywhere and nowhere, waging an implacable war against the very bourgeois society in which he moves with such ease and assurance.”

I’ll be doing all the Fantomas that I can find. I apologize for the absence of the circumflex and any other missing diacritics. I’m unable to duplicate those using my current keyboard.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this.

NOTE: When I get back from having a beer, I’ll try to finish the last of the main The Herries Chronicles, by Hugh Walpole, then back to the Fantomas books.

Don

[BenG]

Thanks. I liked the Fantomas books that I've read.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by BenG

Thanks. I liked the Fantomas books that I've read.

You're welcome.

I have two more that have also been uploaded, one just a moment ago.


Don