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In the person of armchair detective Tabaret, nicknamed ''Père Tireauclair'', i.e,: Father Bringer of 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 Eugène François Vidocq , a real life criminal who later became a policeman and eventually the first director of Sûreté . Another influence was another character named Monsieur Lecoq, who appeared in '' Les Habits Noirs '', written by Paul Féval, Père who had been Gaboriau's employer in 1862. Honoré De Balzac introduced the notorious Vautrin, also inspired by Vidocq, in '' Le Père Goriot '' in 1834. Also, Alexandre Dumas, Père created the character of Monsieur Jackal, the mysterious head of the Paris Sûreté in ''Les Mohicans de Paris'' (1854-59). BOOKS Monsieur Lecoq appears in five novels and one short story written by Gaboriau and several Pastiches . French works and their English translations: # L’Affaire Lerouge (1866) -The Lerouge Case # Le Crime d’Orcival (1867) -The Mystery of Orcival, Crime at Orcival # Le Dossier No. 113 (1867) -File No. 113, Dossier No. 113, The Blackmailers # Les Esclaves des Paris (1868) -The Slaves of Paris # Monsieur Lecoq (1869) # “Une Disparition” in Le Petite Vieux des Batingoles (1876) -“A Disappearance” in The Little Old Man of Batignoles # Le Vieillesse de Monsieur Lecoq (1878) by Fortune Du Boisgobey -The Old Age of Monsieur Lecoq # La Fille de M. Lecoq (1886) by & William Busnach & Henri Chabrillat - The Daughter of Monsieur Lecoq # Le Dernier Dossier de M. Lecoq (1952) by J. Kéry (novella) - Monsieur Lecoq's Last File OTHER POPULAR CULTURE DEPICTIONS Films
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