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crimen de Orcival

crimen de Orcival

Emile Gaboriau

Crimen de Orcival, written by Émile Gaboriau in the 1860s, is a pioneering detective novel featuring the character Lecoq, one of literature's first professional detectives. The story unfolds as a murder is discovered on the grounds of the Château de Valfeuillu, where the body of Berta, the wife of Count Tremorel, is found by poachers. Gaboriau's work is notable for establishing conventions of the detective genre that would influence future writers.

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Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873) reconocidísimo escritor francés considerado uno de los padres de la novela de detectives. Su...

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