Les Habits Noirs
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[[image:HabitsNoirsG.jpg|thumb|250px|Cover for a French edition of ''Les Habits Noirs''.]]
'''''Les Habits Noirs''''' is a [[book series]] written over a thirty-year period, comprising eleven novels, created by [[Paul Féval, père]], a 19th century [[France|French]] [[writer]].
By its methods, themes and characters, ''Les Habits Noirs'' is the precursor of today’s conspiracy and organized [[crime fiction]]. Féval’s heroes, from Gregory Temple, the first “detective” in modern [[detective fiction]], to Remy d’Arx, the investigative magistrate, are also the first modern characters of their kind.
In 1862, Féval founded the [[magazine]] ''Jean Diable'', named after his eponymous ''Habits Noirs'' novel, and [[Émile Gaboriau]], future creator of the police detective [[Monsieur Lecoq]], a hero seemingly unrelated to the villainous Lecoq of the ''Habits Noirs'', was his assistant.
==Novels==
* ''Les Mystères de Londres'' (''Gentlemen of the Night'', serialized in ''Le Courrier Français'', 1843-44; rep. Comptoir des Imprimeurs Réunis, 1844)
* ''Bel Demonio'' (serial. in ''Le Pays'', 1850; rep. Permain, 1850)
* ''Les Compagnons du Silence'' [The Companions of Silence] (serialized in ''Le Journal Pour Tous'', 1857; rep. Cadot, 1857)
* ''Jean Diable'' (''John Devil'', serialized in ''Le Siècle'', 1862; rep. Dentu, 1863) ISBN 1-932983-15-5
* ''Les Habits Noirs '' (''The Black Coats: Salem Street'', serial. in ''Le Constitutionnel'', 1863; rep. Hachette, 1863)
*'' Coeur d’Acier'' [Heart of Steel] (serial. in ''Le Constitutionnel'', 1865; rep. Hachette, 1865)
* ''L’Avaleur de Sabre'' [The Sword Swallower] (serial. in ''L’Époque'', 1867; rep. Dentu, 1867)
* ''La Rue de Jerusalem'' [Jerusalem Street] (serial. in ''Le Constitutionnel'', 1867-68; rep. Dentu, 1868) ISBN 1-932983-46-5
*'' L’Arme Invisible ''[The Invisible Weapon] (serial. in ''Le National'', 1869; rep. Dentu, 1869-70) ISBN 1-932983-80-5
* ''Les Compagnons du Trésor'' [The Companions of the Treasure] (serial. in ''Le National'', 1870, then after the war 1871-72; rep. Dentu, 1872)
* ''La Bande Cadet'' [The Cadet Gang] (serial. in ''L’Evènement'', 1874-75; rep. Dentu, 1875)
==External links==
*[http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/habitsnoirs.htm The French Wold Newton Universe - Les Habits Noirs]
*[http://www.blackcoatpress.com Black Coat Press], American publisher of the series
*[http://jydupuis.apinc.org Les Habits Noirs], Les Habits Noirs, de Paul Féval, en version intégrale (huit tomes), sur le site de la Bibliothèque électronique du Québec.
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[[Category:French novels]]
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