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Allain souvestre5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() (Introduction by Wikipedia and Don Jenkins)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. Messengers of Evil begins when “… Baroness de Vibray, well known in the Parisian world and among artists, whose generous patroness she was, has been found dead in the studio of the ceramic painter, Jacques Dollon.” It ends with Fantomas’ escape once again, and with Juve receiving a humiliating rebuke from the supreme head of the police detective department. ![]() Fantômas makes use of bizarre and improbable techniques in his crimes, such as plague-infested rats, giant snakes, and rooms that fill with sand. He is a master of disguise, always appearing under an assumed identity, often that of a person whom he has murdered. He is totally ruthless, gives no mercy, and is loyal to none, not even his own children. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, Fantômas has no such qualms and is shown as a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion. Jenkins.įantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. Marcel Allain (1885-1970) was a French writer mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Pierre Souvestre of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantômas. ![]() The bigger mystery is how a Pulitzer-winning poet came to write the introduction to a reissued translation. LibriVox recording of Messengers of Evil, by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. That’s John Ashbery’s description of the iconic cover art for Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain’s 1911 Fantômas, the first in a series of 38 novels featuring the empereur du crime. ![]()
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