The Man with the Black Feather

Gaston Leroux (1868 - 1927)
Translated by Edgar Jepson (1863 - 1938)

Theophrastus Longuet is a retired manufacturer of rubber stamps in Paris. He now spends his days relaxing, safe from life’s vicissitudes. with his lovely wife Marceline and long time friend M. Lecamus. However into every life a little rain must fall and it becomes apparent that a perfect storm is about to arrive in the lives of our tranquil threesome. The malevolent spirit of a murdering brigand named Cartouche, who was executed in Paris in 1721, is about to disrupt their perfect lives, in a way that will change them all forever. Not even the enigmatic Mage, M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox, in his mysterious underground crypt, may be enough to save them all. (Summary by afinevoice)

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Historical Preface: The Sandalwood Box Adrian Wilson
00:04:08
Play 01 M. Theophrastus Longuet Desires To Improve His Mind and Visits Historical Monuments Adrian Wilson
00:13:57
Play 02 The Scrap of Paper Adrian Wilson
00:12:19
Play 03 Theophrastus Longuet Bursts Into Song Adrian Wilson
00:32:33
Play 04 Adolphe Lecamus Is Flabbergasted but Frank Adrian Wilson
00:08:49
Play 05 Theophrastus Shows the Black Feather Adrian Wilson
00:15:01
Play 06 The Portrait Adrian Wilson
00:27:37
Play 07 The Young Cartouche Adrian Wilson
00:18:09
Play 08 The Wax Mask Adrian Wilson
00:14:32
Play 09 Strange Position of a Little Violet Cat Adrian Wilson
00:09:44
Play 10 The Explanation of the Strange Attitude of a Little Violet Cat Adrian Wilson
00:13:32
Play 11 Theophrastus Maintains That He Did Not Die On the Place de Gréve Adrian Wilson
00:10:51
Play 12 The House of Strange Words Adrian Wilson
00:13:32
Play 13 The Cure That Missed Adrian Wilson
00:19:58
Play 14 The Operation Begins Adrian Wilson
00:18:55
Play 15 The Operation Ends Adrian Wilson
00:18:15
Play 16 The Drawbacks of Psychic Surgery Adrian Wilson
00:06:50
Play 17 Theophrastus Begins To Take An Interest In Things Adrian Wilson
00:07:47
Play 18 The Evening Paper Adrian Wilson
00:12:27
Play 19 The Story of the Calf Adrian Wilson
00:16:35
Play 20 The Strange Behaviour of an Express Train Adrian Wilson
00:11:28
Play 21 The Earless Man With His Head Out of the Window Adrian Wilson
00:05:27
Play 22 In Which the Catastrophe Which Appears On the Point of Being Explained, Grows Yet More Inexplicable Adrian Wilson
00:08:36
Play 23 The Melodious Bricklayer Adrian Wilson
00:09:02
Play 24 The Solution in the Catacombs Adrian Wilson
00:15:25
Play 25 Mifroid Takes the Lead Adrian Wilson
00:19:11
Play 26 M. Longuet Fishes in the Catacombs Adrian Wilson
00:14:43
Play 27 M. Mifroid Parts from Theophrastus Adrian Wilson
00:10:28
Play 28 Theophrastus Goes Into Eternal Exile Adrian Wilson
00:09:09