The Exploits of Arsene Lupin

LeBlanc, Maurice

ISBN 10: 159224131X / ISBN 13: 9781592241316

Published by Wildside Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Exploits of Arsene Lupin
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159224131X
• ISBN 13: 9781592241316
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The first collection of Arsene Lupin's incredible exploits sets the stage for the later novels, with such classic crime adventures as: "The Arrest of Arsene Lupin," "Arsene Lupin in Prison," "The Escape of Arsene Lupin," "The Mysterious," "Railway Passenger," "The Queen's Necklace," "The Seven of Hearts," "Madame Imbert's Safe," "The Black Pearl," and "Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late"

Includes a new introduction by literary scholar Darrell Schweitzer.

About the Author

Maurice Leblanc est ne en 1864 a Rouen. Apres des etudes de droit, il se lance dans le journalisme. En 1907 parait son premier ouvrage - policier -: "Arsene Lupin gentleman cambrioleur". Le personnage devient immediatement populaire et Leblanc en fait le heros d une longue serie d aventures. Au total trente recits, parmi lesquels "Arsene Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes" (1908), "L Aiguille creuse" (1909), "Le Bouchon de cristal" (1912), "Les Huit Coups de l horloge" (1921), "La Cagliostro se venge" (1935) Maurice Leblanc est mort en 1941 a Perpignan.