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The Mystery of the Yellow RoomGaston Leroux

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

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Original author: Gaston Leroux

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"The Mystery of the Yellow Room" by Gaston Leroux is a mystery novel first published serially in 1907. One of the first locked-room mysteries, it follows young reporter Joseph Rouletabille as he investigates an impossible crime at a French château. A woman is found brutally attacked in a room locked from inside, with no apparent way for the attacker to escape. Rouletabille races against France's top detective to solve the puzzle, but the culprit seems to vanish repeatedly. The truth involves hidden identities and dark secrets.

The Mystery of the Yellow Room, by Gaston Leroux. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1685.

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29 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: In Which We Begin not to Understand3,043 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: In Which Joseph Rouletabille Appears for the First Time2,083 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: “A Man Has Passed like a Shadow through the Blinds”2,885 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: “In the Bosom of Wild Nature”1,473 words
  5. 5.Chapter V1,413 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: In the Heart of the Oak Grove3,676 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: In Which Rouletabille Sets out on an Expedition under the Bed2,564 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: The Examining Magistrate Questions Mademoiselle Stangerson1,873 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Reporter and Detective2,530 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now”2,276 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI6,581 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Frédéric Larsan’s Cane1,534 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII3,976 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: “I Expect the Assassin this Evening”1,987 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: The Trap3,743 words
  1. 16.Chapter XVI: Strange Phenomenon of the Dissociation of Matter841 words
  2. 17.Chapter XVII: The Inexplicable Gallery2,351 words
  3. 18.Chapter XVIII: Rouletabille Has Drawn a Circle between the Two Bumps on His Forehead620 words
  4. 19.Chapter XIX: Rouletabille Invites Me to Breakfast at the Donjon Inn3,913 words
  5. 20.Chapter XX: An Act of Mademoiselle Stangerson1,354 words
  6. 21.Chapter XXI: On the Watch2,621 words
  7. 22.Chapter XXII: The Incredible Body1,150 words
  8. 23.Chapter XXIII: The Double Scent909 words
  9. 24.Chapter XXIV: Rouletabille Knows the Two Halves of the Murderer2,213 words
  10. 25.Chapter XXV: Rouletabille Goes on a Journey259 words
  11. 26.Chapter XXVI: In Which Joseph Rouletabille is Awaited with Impatience2,195 words
  12. 27.Chapter XXVII: In Which Joseph Rouletabille Appears in All His Glory8,375 words
  13. 28.Chapter XXVIII: In Which it is Proved That One Does not Always Think of Everything1,221 words
  14. 29.Chapter XXIX: The Mystery of Mademoiselle Stangerson1,899 words