The mysteries of Paris
By: Eugene Sue ; translated with an introduction and notes by Carolyn Betensky and Jonathan Loesberg ; foreword by Peter Brooks
Contributors: Betensky, Carolyn, 1962- translator, writer of added commentary; Loesberg, Jonathan, 1950- translator, writer of added commentary; Brooks, Peter, 1938- writer of foreword
Series: Penguin classics; Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1363
ISBN-13: 9780143107125
Subjects: Working class; Fiction
Work titles: Mystères de Paris
Description: Sensational, engrossing, and heartbreaking, The Mysteries of Paris is doubtless one of the most entertaining and influential works to emerge from the nineteenth century. It was one of Frances first serial novels, and for sixteen months, Parisians rushed in droves to the newsstands each week for the latest installment. Eugène Sues intricate melodrama unfolds around a Paris where, despite the gulf between them, the fortunes of the rich and poor are inextricably tangled. The suspenseful story of Rodolphe, a magnetic hero of noble heart and shadowy origins, was spun out over 150 issues garnering wild popularity, influencing political change, and inspiring a raft of successors, includingLes Misérables and The Count of Monte Cristo. At long last, this lively translation makes the riveting drama of Sues classic available to a new century of readers.
Notes: Originally published in French as Les mystères de Paris. Nouv. éd. rev. par l'auteur. Paris : C. Gosselin, 1843-44.

Translated from the French.