Arsène Lupin: An Adventure Story

INSPIRING CHARACTER FROM NETFLIX NEW TV SERIES Maurice Marie 卌ile Leblanc (11 December 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Ars鋝e Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.Arsene Lupin is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat - witty, charming, brilliant, sly - and possibly the greatest thief in the world. A gentleman master thief, Arsene Lupin is one of France's most famous fictional characters, the sort of anti-hero who uses his brains and charm to escape from any situation the police may put him in. Maurice Leblanc's adventure stories are fast paced, fascinating, and superbly clever.ContentsCONTENTSI. THE MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTERII. THE COMING OF THE CHAROLAISIII. LUPIN'S WAYIV. THE DUKE INTERVENESV. A LETTER FROM LUPINVI. AGAIN THE CHAROLAISVII. THE THEFT OF THE MOTOR-CARSVIII. THE DUKE ARRIVESIX. M. FORMERY OPENS THE INQUIRYX. GUERCHARD ASSISTSXI. THE FAMILY ARRIVESXII. THE THEFT OF THE PENDANTXIII. LUPIN WIRESXIV. GUERCHARD PICKS UP THE TRUE SCENTXV. THE EXAMINATION OF SONIAXVI. VICTOIRE'S SLIPXVII. SONIA'S ESCAPEXVIII. THE DUKE STAYSXIX. THE DUKE GOESXX. LUPIN COMES HOMEXXI. THE CUTTING OF THE TELEPHONE WIRESXII. THE BARGAINXXIII. THE END OF THE DUEL