Fortuné du Boisgobey

Fortuné Hippolyte Auguste Castille (September 11, 1821 – February 26, 1891), French writer of fiction, whose nom de plume was Fortuné du Boisgobey, was born at Granville (Manche).

He served in the army pay department in Algeria from 1844 to 1848, and extended his travels to the East. He made his literary debut in the Petit journal with a story entitled Deux comédiens (1868). With Le Forcat colonel (1872) he became one of the most popular feuilleton writers.

His police stories, though not so convincing as those of Émile Gaboriau, with whom his name is generally associated, had a great circulation, and many of them have been translated into English.

Work

English translations exist for the following works.

• Le Forçat colonel (1871) - The Convict Colonel
• Le Chevalier Casse-Cou (1873) - The Chevalier Casse-Cou / The Red Camelia
  • Le Camélia rouge - The Red Camelia
  • La Chasse aux ancêtres - The Search for Ancestors
• L’As de cœur (1875) - The Ace of Hearts
• La Tresse blonde (1875) - The Golden Tress
• Le Coup de pouce (1875) - The Thumb Stroke
• Les Mystères du nouveau Paris (1876) - The Mysteries of New Paris
• Une Affaire mystérieuse (1878) - The Nameless Man
• La Vieillesse de M. Lecoq (1878) - The Old Age of Lecoq, the Detective
• L'Épingle rose (1879) - The Coral Pin
  • Première partie - The Coral Pin
  • Deuxième partie - The Temple of Death
• Le Crime de l'Opéra (1879) - The Crime of the Opera House / The Opera-House Tragedy
• La Main coupée (1880) - The Lost Casket / The Severed Hand
  • Première partie - The Countess Yalta; or, The Nihilist Spy
  • Deuxième partie - Doctor Villagos; or, The Nihilist Chief
• Où est Zénobie? (1880) - Where's Zenobia?
• L'Affaire Matapan (1881) - The Matapan Affair / The Matapan Jewels
• L'Équipage du diable (1881) - Satan's Coach
• Le Crime de l'omnibus (1881) - An Omnibus Mystery / The Crime in the Omnibus
• Le Pignon maudit (1882) - A Fight For A Fortune
• Le Bac (1882) - Who Died Last? or, The Rightful Heir / Was it a Murder? or, Who is the Heir?
• Les Suites d'un duel (1882) - Results of a Duel
• La Revanche de Fernande (1882) - Fernande's Choice
• Le Cochon d'or (1882) - The Golden Pig; or, The Idol of Modern Paris
• Le Collier d'acier (1883) - The Steel Necklace
• Bouche cousue (1883) - Sealed Lips
• Le Collier d'acier (1883) - The Steel Necklace
• Le Coup d'œil de M. Piédouche (1883) - The Detective's Eye / The Parisian Detective
• Le Billet rouge (1884) - The Red Lottery Ticket
• Le Secret de Berthe (1884) - Bertha's Secret
• Babiole (1884) - Pretty Babiole / Babiole, the Pretty Milliner
• Margot la Balafrée (1884) - In the Serpent's Coils / The Vitriol Thrower
  • Première partie - The Sculptor's Daughter
  • Deuxième partie - The Count's Ring
• La Voilette bleue (1885) - The Angel of the Chimes / The Angel of the Belfry / The Blue Veil
• Le Cri du sang (1885) - The Cry of Blood
• Le Pouce crochu (1885) - Thieving Fingers
• La Bande rouge (1886) - The Red Band
  • Première partie - The Red Band
  • Deuxième partie - Scarlet Mystery
• Porte close (1886) - The Condemned Door; or, The Secret of Trigavou Castle
• Jean Coup-en-deux (1887) - Death or Dishonor
• L'Héritage d'un forçat (1887) - The Felon's Bequest
• L'Œil-de-chat (1888) - The Cat's-Eye Ring
• Décapitée! (1889) - The Severed Head; or, A Terrible Confession
• Le Crime de l'Opéra (1889) - The Crime of the Opera House
• Fontenay Coup-d'Epée (1890) - Fontenay, the Swordsman
• Un Cadet de Normandie au XVIIe siècle (1891) - An Ocean Knight

External links

• Works by Fortune du Boisgobey at Project Gutenberg

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)