Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar
Jul 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Lupin announces a theft, is arrested, escapes, and conducts his next case from a cell — and then a certain English detective arrives and has his name changed by the lawyers. Leblanc was an unnoticed jobbing writer until a magazine asked him for a crime story in 1905; France took the gentleman burglar to heart and preferred him, cheerfully, to Sherlock Holmes. Fifty-nine plates, from Jean Béraud's Paris boulevards to Paul Signac's harbour light, supply the Belle Époque backdrop this gentleman burglar moves through.
Lupin announces a theft, is arrested, escapes, and conducts his next case from a cell — and then a certain English detective arrives and has his name changed by the lawyers. Leblanc was an unnoticed jobbing writer until a magazine asked him for a crime story in 1905; France took the gentleman bur...
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Maurice Leblanc (1864–1941) was a French author who worked in Paris. He created Arsène Lupin, a gentleman thief who debuted in a 1905 short story. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1907) collected his early stories.
Maurice Leblanc (1864–1941) was a French author who worked in Paris. He created Arsène Lupin, a gentleman thief who debuted in a 1905 short story. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1907) collected his early stories.
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