The Little Old Man of Batignolles
by Émile Gaboriau
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Le petit vieux des BatignollesTags
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une histoire policière et deux nouvelles sur le thème du mariage arrangé : si le contexte date un peu (second empire) une écriture enlevée, une intrigue bien menée et personnages sympathiques m'ont apporté une pause lecture bien agréable et sans prétention
Jun 9, 2010French
bien. première lecture de cet auteur. j'ai noté les autres titres de romans à son compte. bonne lecture. bien écrit. bien rythmé.
Nov 6, 2010 (Edited)French
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- The Little Old Man of Batignolles
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- Some years ago a man dressed in black, and apparently in the prime of life, presented himself at the office of the popular Parisian newspaper, "Le Petit Journal," bringing with him a manuscript of such exquisite penmanship th... (show all)at even Brard, the prince of caligraphic artists, would have deemed it worthy of his talent.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Alas!" murmured my father, "and yet Our Lord loved His mother, the Holy Virgin," and he turned to leave--my fate was sealed.
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