The Mysteries of Paris (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugène Sue
- First Published: 1842
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Melodrama
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: France and Germany
- Principal Characters: Rodolph, Lady Sarah Macgregor, Fleur-de-Marie, Clémence d’Harville, La Chouette, Schoolmaster, Jacques Ferrand, Madame Georges, Rigolette
- Genres: Long fiction, Melodrama, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Parents and children, France or French people, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Paris, Fathers, Illegitimacy, Ambition, Germany or German people, Nobility
- Locales: Paris, France, Germany
The Story:
Rodolph, the Grand Duke of Gerolstein, a small German state, was a handsome young man in his thirties in 1838. Behind him lay a strange past. As a youth, he had been brought up in his father’s court by an evil tutor named Polidori, who had done his best to warp and confuse the young prince’s mind. Polidori had been urged on by the beautiful but sinister Lady Sarah Macgregor, who had been told in her youth that she was destined someday to be a queen.
Sarah had decided that Rodolph, heir to a duchy, would be the perfect husband for her, and, with the aid of...
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