The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont

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The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont (1906)
by Robert Barr
1. The Finding of the Fated Five Hundred
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A parody on the detective stories of the period. These include 8 short stories, broken up into 24 chapters to make it novel-like, for the US readers. (The original, "UK" edition, which can be found in PG, has 8 stories/chapters.) The stories include two of the earliest parodies of Sherlock Holmes, whose author was his contemporary and friend.

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"Selected a little iron crucifix ... the work of some ancient craftsman."



The TRIUMPHS of
EUGÈNE VALMONT


By ROBERT BARR



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK
1906

Contents

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CHAP.

  1. The Finding of the Fated Five Hundred
  2. The Scene in the Sale Room
  3. The Midnight Race Down the Seine
  4. The Oddities of the English
  5. The Siamese Twin of a Bomb Thrower
  6. A Rebuff and a Response
  7. In the Grip of the Green Demon
  8. The Fate of the Picric Bomb
  9. The Dinner for Seven in the Temple
  10. The Clew of the Silver Spoons
  11. "O My Prophetic soul, My Uncle!"
  12. Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune
  13. The Futility of a Search Warrant
  14. Mr. Spenser Hale of Scotland Yard
  15. The Strange House in Park Lane
  16. The Queer Shop in Tottenham Court Road
  17. The Absent-minded Coterie
  18. The Sad Case of Sophia Brooks
  19. A Commission from Lord Rantremly
  20. The Ghost with the Clubfoot
  21. The Secret of a Noble House
  22. Liberating the Wrong Man
  23. The Fascinating Lady Alicia
  24. Where the Emeralds were Found


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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