{"id":1186,"date":"2024-02-02T18:42:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/locus-solus-fr.net\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2025-02-09T13:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T11:02:23","slug":"lectures-expresses-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus-fr.net\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Lectures expresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"note\">E. C. R. Lorac, <em>Checkmate to Murder<\/em> (1944). British Library Crime Classics, 2020.<br \/>\nCarol Carnac, <em>Crossed Skis<\/em> (1952). British Library Crime Classics, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958) est l\u2019auteure d\u2019une septantaine de romans policiers publi\u00e9s dans les ann\u00e9es 1930-1950 sous les pseudonymes de Carol Carnac, E. C. R. Lorac et Mary Le Bourne. La plupart d\u2019entre eux mettent en sc\u00e8ne des personnages r\u00e9currents et quelque peu interchangeables d\u2019enqu\u00eateurs, d\u00e9tectives et <em>chief inspectors<\/em> de Scotland Yard, pourvus de tous leurs attributs oblig\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">La jolie collection British Library Crime Classics a r\u00e9\u00e9dit\u00e9 une quinzaine de ces romans. Les deux que j\u2019ai lus pr\u00e9sentent les m\u00eames qualit\u00e9s et les m\u00eames d\u00e9fauts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Qualit\u00e9s : un excellent sens de la mise en place, des ambiances et du d\u00e9cor. L\u2019exposition de <em>Checkmate to Murder<\/em> porte bien son nom puisqu\u2019elle se pr\u00e9sente sous la forme d\u2019un tableau vivant o\u00f9 le temps se serait un instant suspendu, prologue appropri\u00e9 \u00e0 une intrigue se d\u00e9roulant dans un milieu artiste, durant le Blitz. <em>Crossed Skis<\/em> fait alterner, avec un effet tr\u00e8s s\u00fbr, la pur\u00e9e de pois de l\u2019hiver londonien et la blancheur immacul\u00e9e d\u2019une station de ski autrichienne. L\u2019auteure excelle \u00e0 faire ressentir autant l\u2019humidit\u00e9 transper\u00e7ante des brouillards anglais que la clart\u00e9 aveuglante, l\u2019air vif et coupant des sommets enneig\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ajoutons qu\u2019on peut voir en Rivett une avant-courri\u00e8re de ce qu\u2019on appellera, \u00e0 partir d\u2019Ed McBain, le roman policier proc\u00e9dural \u2013 ou roman de proc\u00e9dure polici\u00e8re \u2013, mettant en relief le caract\u00e8re ingrat, fastidieux et r\u00e9p\u00e9titif des routines d\u2019enqu\u00eate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">D\u00e9fauts : une narration un peu plan-plan, des dialogues abondants et verbeux, faiblement caract\u00e9ris\u00e9s, donnant l\u2019impression que la plupart des personnages parlent avec la m\u00eame voix, sur le m\u00eame ton prosa\u00efque et l\u00e9g\u00e8rement sentencieux.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locus-solus-fr.net\/img20\/lorac.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E. C. R. Lorac, Checkmate to Murder (1944). British Library Crime Classics, 2020. Carol Carnac, Crossed Skis (1952). British Library Crime Classics, 2020. Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958) est l\u2019auteure d\u2019une septantaine de romans policiers publi\u00e9s dans les ann\u00e9es 1930-1950 sous les pseudonymes de Carol Carnac, E. C. R. Lorac et Mary Le Bourne. 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