Who is this writer ?

"Qui est cet auteur ?"
French A2 writing exercise

Guess who this (male) French writer is!

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to be born", "Normandy", "to study law", "a lawyer", "a crime correspondent", "a trial", "a detective story", "a murder", "locked", "to guess".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-13

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), Adjectif, Participe passé

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Who is this famous French writer? He was born in Paris on June 6th 1868, but he grew up in Normandy. He studied law to become a lawyer. He started his writing career as a crime correspondent for a big newspaper. Those trials probably inspired his work, and in particular his detective stories. In "The Mystery of the Yellow (Bed)Room", a murder takes place in a room locked from the inside! It's the first appearance of the Rouletabille character. He also wrote "The Phantom of the Opera"... So, have you guessed who it is? Of course, this writer's name is Gaston Leroux!

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