# The Mystery of the Yellow Room — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux.

- [Frontispiece](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/frontispiece.md): The frontispiece introduces the central figure of the narrative, Joseph Rouletabille, a young journalist and amateur detective whose keen intellect and unconventional methods will drive the investigation into the mysteri
- [The Mystery of the Yellow Room](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/the-mystery-of-the-yellow-room.md): The chapter introduces the extraordinary adventure of Joseph Rouletabille, a young reporter, as he becomes involved in the baffling case of the Yellow Room at the Château du Glandier. The narrative sets the stage for a l
- [In Which We Begin Not to Understand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/i-in-which-we-begin-not-to-understand.md): The narrator, Sainclair, introduces the extraordinary case of 'The Yellow Room' and his friend Joseph Rouletabille, a young reporter who solved the seemingly impossible crime. The chapter recounts the initial newspaper r
- [In Which Joseph Rouletabille Appears for the First Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/ii-in-which-joseph-rouletabille-appears-for-the-first-time.md): Sainclair recalls the morning when his friend Joseph Rouletabille, a young and brilliant reporter, burst into his room with news of the Glandier crime. The chapter introduces Rouletabille's background, his rise in journa
- [In the Bosom of Wild Nature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/iv-in-the-bosom-of-wild-nature.md): The narrator provides a detailed retrospective on the history of the Stangerson family, the secluded life at the Château du Glandier, and the background of Mademoiselle Stangerson and her eternal suitor Robert Darzac. Th

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- [In Which Joseph Rouletabille Makes a Remark to Monsieur Robert Darzac Which Produces Its Little Effect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/v-in-which-joseph-rouletabille-makes-a-remark-to-monsieur-robert-darzac-which-produces-its-little-effect.md)
- [In the Heart of the Oak Grove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/vi-in-the-heart-of-the-oak-grove.md)
- [In Which Rouletabille Sets Out on an Expedition Under the Bed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/vii-in-which-rouletabille-sets-out-on-an-expedition-under-the-bed.md)
- [VIII: The Examining Magistrate Questions Mademoiselle Stangerson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/viii-the-examining-magistrate-questions-mademoiselle-stangerson.md)
- [IX: Reporter and Detective](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/ix-reporter-and-detective.md)
- [We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/x-we-shall-have-to-eat-red-meat-now.md)
- [In Which Frédéric Larsan Explains How the Murderer Was Able to Get Out of The Yellow Room](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xi-in-which-fr-d-ric-larsan-explains-how-the-murderer-was-able-to-get-out-of-the-yellow-room.md)
- [XII: Frédéric Larsan’s Cane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xii-fr-d-ric-larsan-s-cane.md)
- [XIII: “The Presbytery Has Lost Nothing of Its Charm, nor the Garden Its Brightness”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xiii-the-presbytery-has-lost-nothing-of-its-charm-nor-the-garden-its-brightness.md)
- [I Expect the Assassin This Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xiv-i-expect-the-assassin-this-evening.md)
- [XV: The Trap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xv-the-trap.md)
- [Strange Phenomenon of the Dissociation of Matter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xvi-strange-phenomenon-of-the-dissociation-of-matter.md)
- [The Inexplicable Gallery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xvii-the-inexplicable-gallery.md)
- [XVIII: Rouletabille Has Drawn a Circle Between the Two Bumps on His Forehead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xviii-rouletabille-has-drawn-a-circle-between-the-two-bumps-on-his-forehead.md)
- [XIX: Rouletabille Invites Me to Breakfast at the Donjon Inn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xix-rouletabille-invites-me-to-breakfast-at-the-donjon-inn.md)
- [An Act of Mademoiselle Stangerson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xx-an-act-of-mademoiselle-stangerson.md)
- [On the Watch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxi-on-the-watch.md)
- [XXII: The Incredible Body](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxii-the-incredible-body.md)
- [XXIII: The Double Scent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxiii-the-double-scent.md)
- [Rouletabille Knows the Two Halves of the Murderer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxiv-rouletabille-knows-the-two-halves-of-the-murderer.md)
- [XXV: Rouletabille Goes on a Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxv-rouletabille-goes-on-a-journey.md)
- [XXVI: In Which Joseph Rouletabille Is Awaited with Impatience](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxvi-in-which-joseph-rouletabille-is-awaited-with-impatience.md)
- [XXVII: In Which Joseph Rouletabille Appears in All His Glory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxvii-in-which-joseph-rouletabille-appears-in-all-his-glory.md)
- [XXVIII: In Which It Is Proved That One Does Not Always Think of Everything](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxviii-in-which-it-is-proved-that-one-does-not-always-think-of-everything.md)
- [XXIX: The Mystery of Mademoiselle Stangerson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/xxix-the-mystery-of-mademoiselle-stangerson.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_yellow_room_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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