Project Gutenberg 2021-07-20 Public domain in the USA. 251 Leroux, Gaston 1868 1927 La Poupée Sanglante Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Poup%C3%A9e_sanglante_(roman) Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.) "La Poupée Sanglante" by Gaston Leroux is a novel of adventure and mystery written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Bénédict Masson, an artistic bookbinder living in the tranquil yet peculiar Île-Saint-Louis in Paris. As the narrative unfolds, it hints at a dark secret involving his infatuation with a beautiful sculptor named Christine and her enigmatic family dynamics, which are soon intertwined with a chilling crime. The opening of the novel introduces Bénédict Masson, who leads a seemingly mundane life as a bookbinder while harboring poetic ambitions. Set against the backdrop of the quaint Île-Saint-Louis, the narrative quickly unveils his obsession with Christine, the daughter of a mysterious horologist. One fateful night, Bénédict secretly witnesses Christine embracing a hidden man in an armoire, leading to a dramatic sequence of events involving an ill-fated love and a violent confrontation. The stage is set for a complex tale where themes of beauty, love, and morbid intrigue intertwine, with Bénédict caught in the web of a profound mystery that could change his life forever. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Family secrets -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction Bookbinders -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: French Literature 444719 2025-07-26T07:10:06.304757 text/html 427376 2024-10-18T15:02:18 text/html 398475 2025-07-26T07:10:12.337714 application/epub+zip 406022 2025-07-26T07:10:07.503784 application/epub+zip 287774 2025-07-26T07:10:06.911757 application/epub+zip 472413 2025-07-26T07:10:15.837677 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456849 2025-07-26T07:10:11.889725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452046 2022-09-29T16:24:49.350641 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414556 2025-07-26T07:10:05.489745 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 394735 2024-10-18T15:02:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17408 2025-07-26T07:10:15.973691 application/rdf+xml 10435 2025-07-26T07:10:07.125713 image/jpeg 2365 2025-07-26T07:10:07.015708 image/jpeg 357596 2025-07-26T07:10:06.347711 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia