Project Gutenberg 2006-04-06 Public domain in the USA. 102 Gaboriau, Emile 1832 1873 Gaboriau, Émile Within an Inch of His Life Produced by Dagny; John Bickers; David Widger "Within an Inch of His Life" by Emile Gaboriau is a mystery novel set in the late 19th century. The story begins with chaos in the suburb of Sauveterre, where a peasant urgently informs the mayor about a devastating fire at Valpinson, the residence of Count Claudieuse, who has also been shot. As the events unfold, we are introduced to a cast of characters, including Count Claudieuse, his wife, and the mayor, who are soon engulfed in the investigation of the incident that could cost lives and reputations. The opening of the novel sets a dramatic stage, recounting how the mayor is awakened in the dead of night by frantic news of both a fire and an attack on the count. The tension escalates as the community mobilizes to address the chaos, revealing a portrait of a small-town grappling with fear and uncertainty. Count Claudieuse is described as gravely injured, creating urgency around finding the assailant. The arrival of Cocoleu, a mentally challenged man who claims he has seen the crime, adds an unpredictable element to the narrative, as his accusations against a local nobleman raise the stakes for all involved. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories Paris (France) -- Fiction Fires -- Fiction Arsonists -- Fiction PQ Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1149999 1150000 2024-10-02T08:05:06.698955 2023-10-02T07:24:19.516173 text/html text/html 1215948 2021-02-26T00:54:53 text/html; charset=utf-8 371728 2021-02-26T00:54:57 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 449624 2024-10-02T08:05:21.755906 application/epub+zip 468989 2024-10-02T08:05:10.539940 application/epub+zip 462374 2024-10-02T08:05:08.966021 application/epub+zip 861505 2024-10-02T08:05:30.023803 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 818251 2024-10-02T08:05:20.727832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 773990 2022-09-02T09:35:58.570739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 950104 950076 2024-10-02T08:05:01.482010 2023-10-02T07:24:15.052136 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 969660 2017-11-26T06:32:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 352362 2017-11-26T06:33:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 949886 2017-11-26T06:32:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 349788 2017-11-26T06:33:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22555 2024-10-02T08:05:30.162757 application/rdf+xml 14979 2024-10-02T08:05:09.558877 image/jpeg 4123 2024-10-02T08:05:09.262934 image/jpeg 440786 2024-10-02T08:05:06.784908 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia