Cheri-Bibi: The Stage Play Read online

  3. La Double Vie de Theophraste Longuet [The Double Life of Theophraste Longuet] (novel) (Le Matin, Oct. 5-Nov. 22, 1903; rev. Flamm., 1904)

  4. Les Héros de Chemulpo [The Heroes of Chemulpo] (collection of articles) (Juven, 1904)

  5. Baïouchki Baïou (short story) (Le Matin, Jan. 2, 1907)

  6. La Maison des Juges [The House of Judges] (stage play) (Odéon, Jan. 26, 1907)

  7. Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune [The Mystery of the Yellow Room] (novel; Rouletabille #1) (L’Illustration, Sept. 7-Nov. 30, 1907; rev. Lafitte, 1908)

  8. L’Homme qui a vu le Diable [The Man Who Saw the Devil] (short story) (Je Sais Tout, Mar. 15, 1908)

  9. Le Parfum de la Dame en Noir [The Scent of the Lady in Black] (novel; Rouletabille #2) (L’Illustration, Sept. 26, 1908-Jan. 2, 1909; rev. Lafitte, 1909)

  10. Le Roi Mystère [King Mystery] (novel) (Le Matin, Oct. 24, 1908-Feb. 9, 1909; rev. Fayard, 1910)

  11. Le Lys [The Lily] (stage play) (Vaudeville, Dec. 18, 1908)

  12. Le Fauteuil Hanté [The Haunted Chair] (novel) (Je Sais Tout, Nov. 1909-Apr. 1910; rev. Lafitte, 1911)

  13. Le Fantôme de l’Opéra [The Phantom of the Opera] (novel) (Le Gaulois, Sept. 23, 1909-Jan. 8, 1910; rev. Lafitte, 1910)

  14. La Reine du Sabbat [The Queen of the Sabbath] (novel) (Le Matin, Aug. 18, 1910-Jan. 31, 1911; rev. Fayard, 1913)

  15. Le Dîner des Bustes [The Dinner of Busts] (short story) (Excelsior, Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 1911)

  16. Balaoo (novel) (Le Matin, Oct. 9-Dec. 18, 1911; rev. Tallandier, 1912)

  17. La Hache d’Or [The Golden Axe] (short story) (Touche à Tout, Feb. 1912)

  18. Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune (stage play adaptation) (L’Ambigu, Feb. 14, 1912)

  19. L’Epouse du Soleil [The Bride of the Sun] (novel) (Je Sais Tout, Mar.-Aug. 1922; rev. Laffite, 1913)

  20. Rouletabille chez le Tsar [Rouletabille and the Tsar] (novel; Rouletabille #3) (L’Illustration, Aug. 3-Oct. 19, 1912; Lafitte, 1913)

  21. L’Homme qui a vu le Diable (stage play adaptation) (Grand-Guignol, Dec. 7, 1911)

  22. Alsace (stage play) (Réjane, Jan. 10, 1913)

  23. Chéri-Bibi (novel; Chéri-Bibi #1) (Le Matin, Apr. 7-Aug. 4, 1913; rev. 2 vols. as Les Cages Flottantes [The Floating Cages] and Chéri-Bibi et Cécily, Fayard, 1914)

  24. Rouletabille à la Guerre [Rouletabille At War] (novel; Rouletabille #4) (Le Matin, Mar. 28-Aug. 2, Oct. 18-24, 1914; rev. 2 vols. as Le Château Noir [The Black Castle] and Les Etranges Noces de Rouletabille [The Strange Wedding of Rouletabille], Lafitte, 1916)

  25. Confitou (novel) (Le Flambeau, Dec. 4, 1915-Jan. 8, 1916; Le Matin, Jan. 16-Feb. 15, 1916; rev. Lafitte, 1917)

  26. La Colonne Infernale [The Infernal Column] (novel) (Le Matin, Apr. 29-Sept. 8, 1916; rev. 2 vols. as La Colonne Infernale [The Infernal Column] and La Terrible Aventure [The Dreadful Adventure], Fayard, 1917)

  27. L’Homme Qui Revient de Loin [The Man Who Returned From Afar] (novel) (Je Sais Tout, Jun. 1916-Jan. 17; rev. Lafitte, 1917)

  28. Rouletabille Chez Krupp [Rouletabille At Krupp's] (novel; Rouletabille #5) (Je Sais Tout, Sept. 1917-Mar. 1918; rev. Lafitte, 1920)

  29. Les Aventures Effroyables de Herbert de Renich [The Awful Adventures of Herbert de Renich] (novel) (as Le Sous-Marin “Le Vengeur” [The Sub-Marine “The Avenger”] and La Bataille Invisible [The Invisible Battle], Le Matin, Sep. 7, 1917-Feb. 12, 1918; rev. 2 vols. as Le Capitaine Hyx [Captain Hyx] and La Bataille Invisible, Lafitte, 1920)

  30. La Gare Régulatrice (stage play) (La Scala, Jan. 16, 1918)

  31. Nouvelles Aventures de Chéri-Bibi [New Adventures of Chéri-Bibi] (novel; Chéri-Bibi #2) (Le Matin, Apr. 18-Aug. 7, 1919; rev. 2 vols. as Pallas et Chéri-Bibi and Fatalitas!, Laffite, 1921)

  32. Le Coeur Cambriolé [The Stolen Heart] (short story) (Je Sais Tout, Jan. 15, 1920)

  33. Tue-La-Mort [Deathslayer] (novel) (Le Matin, Oct. 7-Dec. 30, 1020; rev. 2 vols. as L’Auberge du Petit Chaperon Rouge [The Inn of The Little Red Riding Hood] and La Forge des Quatre-Chemins [The Forge of Quatre-Chemins], Laffite, 1923)

  34. Le Sept de Trèfle [The Seven of Clubs] (novel) (Le Matin, Sept. 9-Dec. 1, 1921; rev. 2 vols. as L’Enfer Parisien [The Parisian Hell] and Toujours Plus Au Fond [Always Deeper Below], Lafitte, 1924)

  35. Le Crime de Rouletabille [The Crime of Rouletabille] (novel; Rouletabille #6) (Je Sais Tout, Oct-Nov, 1921; rev. Lafitte, 1923)

  36. Rouletabille chez les Bohémiens [Rouletabille and the Gypsies] (novel; Rouletabille #7) (Le Matin, Oct. 4-Dec. 14, 1922; rev. Lafitte, 1923)

  37. La Poupée Sanglante [The Bloody Puppet] (novel; Gabriel #1) (Le Matin as La Sublime Aventure de Benedict Masson [Benedict Masson's Sublime Adventure], July-Aug., 1923; rev. Tallandier, 1924)

  38. La Machine à Assassiner [The Killing Machine] (novel; Gabriel #2) (Le Matin as Gabriel, Aug.-Sep. 1923; rev. Tallandier, 1924)

  39. Les Ténébreuses [The Dark Ones] (novel) (Le Matin, Apr. 12-July 20, 1924; rev. 2 vols. as La Fin d’un Monde [The End of a World] and Du Sang sur la Néva [Blood on the Neva], Tallandier, 1925)

  40. La Farouche Aventure [The Fierce Adventure] (novel) (Le Journal, July 25-Sep. 13, 1924; Gallimard, 1925)

  41. Hardigras (novel) (Le Journal, Feb. 19-May 18, 1925; rev. as Le Fils des Trois Pères [The Son of Three Fathers], Baudiniere, 1926)

  42. Le Noël du Petit Vincent [The Xmas of Little Vincent] (short story) (Cyrano, Aug. 1924)

  43. Not’ Olympe (short story) (Cyrano, Oct.-Nov. 1924)

  44. La Femme au Collier de Velours [The Woman with a Velvet Necklace] (short story) (Cyrano, 1925)

  45. L’Auberge Epouvantable [The Frightful Inn] (short story) (Cyrano, June 1925)

  46. Le Coup d’Etat de Chéri-Bibi [Chéri-Bibi’s Coup d’Etat] (novel; Chéri-Bibi #3) (as Le Marchand de Cacahouètes [The Peanut Salesman], Le Matin, Jul. 16-Oct. 4, 1925; rev. Baudinière, 1926)

  47. La Mansarde en Or [The Golden Attic] (novel) (Le Journal, Dec. 11 1925-Jan. 21, 1926)

  48. Les Mohicans de Babel [The Mohicans of Babel] (novel) (Le Journal, July 17-Sept. 19, 1926; rev. Baudinière, 1928)

  49. Mister Flow (novel) (Le Journal, Jan,. 12-Feb. 25, 1927, Baudinière, 1927)

  50. Les Chasseurs de Danse [The Dance Hunters] (novel) (Journal des Voyages, Jan. 20-Sept 1, 1927; completed by Charles de Richter)

  Posthumous publications:

  51. L’Agonie de la Russie Blanche [The Agony of White Russia] (collection of articles) (Jeanne Gaston-Leroux, 1928)

  52. Du Capitaine Dreyfus au Pôle Sud [From Captain Dreyfus to the South Pole] (collection of articles) (UGE, 1985)

  53. Pouloulou (draft of a novel written c. 1914) (Michel Lafon, 1990)

  Authorized sequels:

  1. Les Fils de Balaoo [The Sons of Balaoo] (by Stanislas-André Steeman) (Paris-Soir, 1934; rev. Libr. Champs-Elysées, 1937)

  2. Rouletabille contre la Dame de Pique [Rouletabille vs. The Queen of Spades] (by Noré Brunel) (Le Soir, 1947)

  3. Rouletabille Joue et Gagne [Rouletabille Plays and Wins] (by Noré Brunel) (Le Soir, 1947)

  Notes

  1 More information about Rouletabille can be found in our book Shadowmen (ISBN 0-9740711-3-7) also available from Black Coat Press.

  2 Available in a Black Coat Press edition (ISBN 978-1-932983-13-5).

  3 We have kept the characters’ colorful nicknames in the original French, but have provided an approximate translation in the cast list on page 15.

  FRENCH MYSTERIES COLLECTION

  M. Allain & P. Souvestre. The Daughter of Fantômas

  A. Anicet-Bourgeois, Lucien Dabril. Rocambole

  Guy d’Armen. Doc Ardan and The City of Gold and Lepers

  A. Bernède. Belphegor

  A. Bernède. Judex (w/Louis Feuillade)

  A. Bernède. The Return of Judex (w/Louis Feuillade)

  A. Bisson & G. Livet. Nick Carter vs. Fantômas

  V. Darlay & H. de Gorsse. Lupin vs. Holmes: The Stage Play

  Paul Feval. Gentlem
en of the Night

  Paul Feval. John Devil

  Paul Feval. ’Salem Street

  Paul Feval. The Invisible Weapon

  Paul Feval. The Parisian Jungle

  Paul Feval. The Companions of the Treasure

  Paul Feval. Heart of Steel

  Paul Feval. The Cadet Gang

  Paul Feval. The Sword-Swallower

  Emile Gaboriau. Monsieur Lecoq

  Goron & Gautier. Spawn of the Penitentiary

  Maurice Leblanc. Arsène Lupin vs. Countess Cagliostro

  Maurice Leblanc. The Blonde Phantom

  Maurice Leblanc. The Hollow Needle

  Maurice Leblanc. The Many Faces of Arsène Lupin

  Gaston Leroux. Chéri-Bibi

  Gaston Leroux. The Phantom of the Opera

  Gaston Leroux. Rouletabille & the Mystery of the Yellow Room

  Gaston Leroux. Rouletabille at Krupp’s

  Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 1

  Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 2

  Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 3

  Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 4

  Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 5

  Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 6

  Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 7

  Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 8

  Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 9

  Frank J. Morlock. Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

  P.-A. Ponson du Terrail. Rocambole

  Antonin Reschal. The Adventures of Miss Boston

  P. de Wattyne & Y. Walter. Sherlock Holmes vs. Fantômas

  David White. Fantômas in America

  English adaptation Copyright 2008 by Frank J. Morlock,

  Introduction Copyright 2008 by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier.

  Cover and inside illustrations Copyright 1954 by Regino Bernad.

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