Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Émile Gaboriau
Born: November 9, 1832
Died: September 28, 1873 (aged 40)
Bio: Émile Gaboriau was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction.
Known for:
- Monsieur Lecoq (1868)
- L'Affaire Lerouge (1866)
- The Mystery of Orcival (1867)
- The Count's Millions
- The widow Lerouge (1873)