Monsieur Lecoq
Monsieur Lecoq is a fictional detective created by mile Gaboriau, a 19th-century French writer and journalist. Monsieur Lecoq is employed by the French S ret . The character is one of the pioneers of the genre and a major influence on Sherlock Holmes (who, in A Study in Scarlet, calls him "a miserable bungler"), laying the groundwork for the methodical, scientifically minded detective. In French, "Monsieur" is "Mister" and his surname literally means "The Rooster".
In the person of armchair detective Tabaret, nicknamed P re Tirauclair, (lit. Father Bringer of Light, or "Old man Brings-to-light"), a title Lecoq himself will eventually inherit, Gaboriau also created an older mentor for Lecoq who, like Mycroft Holmes and Nero Wolfe, helps the hero solve particularly challenging puzzles while remaining largely inactive physically. In Tabaret's case, aid is dispensed from the comfort of his bed.
Inspiration
One inspiration for the character of Monsieur Lecoq came from a certain Eug ne Fran ois Vidocq, a real life criminal who later became a policeman and eventually the first director of the S ret . Another influence was a character named Monsieur Lecoq, who appeared in Les Habits Noirs, written by Paul F val, p re who had been Gaboriau's employer in 1862.
Honor de Balzac introduced the notorious Vautrin, also inspired by Vidocq, in Le P re Goriot in 1834. Monsieur Lecoq is a fictional detective created by mile Gaboriau, a 19th-century French writer and journalist. Monsieur Lecoq is employed by the French S ret . The character is one of the pioneers of the genre and a major influence on Sherlock Holmes (who, in A Study in Scarlet, calls him "a miserable bungler"), laying the groundwork for the methodical, scientifically minded detective. In French, "Monsieur" is "Mister" and his surname literally means "The Rooster".
In the person of armchair detective Tabaret, nicknamed P re Tirauclair, (lit. Father Bringer of Light, or "Old man Brings-to-light"), a title Lecoq himself will eventually inherit, Gaboriau also created an older mentor for Lecoq who, like Mycroft Holmes and Nero Wolfe, helps the hero solve particularly challenging puzzles while remaining largely inactive physically. In Tabaret's case, aid is dispensed from the comfort of his bed.
Inspiration
One inspiration for the character of Monsieur Lecoq came from a certain Eug ne Fran ois Vidocq, a real life criminal who later became a policeman and eventually the first director of the S ret . Another influence was a character named Monsieur Lecoq, who appeared in Les Habits Noirs, written by Paul F val, p re who had been Gaboriau's employer in 1862.
Honor de Balzac introduced the notorious Vautrin, also inspired by Vidocq, in Le P re Goriot in 1834.
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