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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Chapters (29)
- I: In Which We Begin Not to Understand 0:00
- II: In Which Joseph Rouletabille Appears for the First Time 19:57
- III: “A Man Has Passed Like a Shadow Through the Blinds” 33:43
- IV: “In the Bosom of Wild Nature” 54:05
- V: In Which Joseph Rouletabille Makes a Remark to Monsieur Robert Darzac Which Produces Its Little Effect 1:03:48
- VI: In the Heart of the Oak Grove 1:13:26
- VII: In Which Rouletabille Sets Out on an Expedition Under the Bed 1:38:50
- VIII: The Examining Magistrate Questions Mademoiselle Stangerson 1:56:07
- IX: Reporter and Detective 2:09:00
- X: “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” 2:26:07
- XI: In Which Frédéric Larsan Explains How the Murderer Was Able to Get Out of The Yellow Room 2:41:31
- XII: Frédéric Larsan’s Cane 3:25:07
- XIII: “The Presbytery Has Lost Nothing of Its Charm, nor the Garden Its Brightness” 3:35:41
- XIV: “I Expect the Assassin This Evening” 4:01:38
- XV: The Trap 4:14:56
- XVI: Strange Phenomenon of the Dissociation of Matter 4:38:52
- XVII: The Inexplicable Gallery 4:44:53
- XVIII: Rouletabille Has Drawn a Circle Between the Two Bumps on His Forehead 5:00:37
- XIX: Rouletabille Invites Me to Breakfast at the Donjon Inn 5:04:49
- XX: An Act of Mademoiselle Stangerson 5:30:10
- XXI: On the Watch 5:38:38
- XXII: The Incredible Body 5:56:06
- XXIII: The Double Scent 6:03:32
- XXIV: Rouletabille Knows the Two Halves of the Murderer 6:09:42
- XXV: Rouletabille Goes on a Journey 6:24:49
- XXVI: In Which Joseph Rouletabille Is Awaited with Impatience 6:26:42
- XXVII: In Which Joseph Rouletabille Appears in All His Glory 6:41:26
- XXVIII: In Which It Is Proved That One Does Not Always Think of Everything 7:37:28
- XXIX: The Mystery of Mademoiselle Stangerson 7:45:14
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Mademoiselle Stangerson is attacked by an unknown assailant, who then escapes from her locked bedroom without being seen. Joseph Rouletabille, a bright young reporter, is drawn to investigate the mystery, trying to understand what really happened (and how!) before another attempt on her life is made.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room is an early “locked-room mystery” novel, and helped define it as a genre. Agatha Christie, in her novel The Clocks, had her fictional detective Hercule Poirot describe it as a masterpiece. John Dickson Carr, frequently cited as the best mystery writer specializing in locked-room mysteries, named it as his own personal favorite example of the genre.