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Definition of Gaboriau
1. Noun. French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaboriau
Literary usage of Gaboriau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"EMILE gaboriau (1835-1873) Jo SPEAK of the detective novel is to speak of gaboriau.
He cannot be called the father of it; but the French novelist made his ..."
2. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"They brought gaboriau a large income during his lifetime, ... gaboriau elevated
the detective story to something like a superior plane in popular fiction. ..."
3. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"gaboriau, a French author, was born in Saujon, November 9,1835; died in Paris,
September 28, 1873. Bis books consist chiefly of detective stories, ..."
4. The Technique of the Mystery Story by Carolyn Wells (1913)
"The Detectives of Poe, Doyle, and gaboriau Conan Doyle's Detective Stories, being
short-stories, more closely resemble Poe's tales than ..."
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