The Confessions of Arsène Lupin
Nine short stories gather here to display the many faces of Maurice Leblanc’s gentleman thief. Across these tales, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Arsene Lupin confides some of his cleverest exploits: outfoxing rival criminals, slipping past the police, solving puzzles that baffle everyone around him, and now and then revealing a more chivalrous side. Each story is a self-contained problem built around a bold theft or a hidden crime, and Lupin narrates several of them himself with obvious relish. First collected in French in 1913, the book makes a fine entry point for readers new to the character, combining detection, disguise, and Leblanc’s light irony. Available as a free PDF and EPUB edition.
About the Author
Maurice Leblanc was born in 1864 in Rouen, France, and spent most of his early career writing the kind of literary realism his peers wrote: serious novels about provincial unhappiness, unread by anybody outside his immediate circle. Then in 1905 a magazine editor asked him…
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The Confessions of Arsène Lupin (1913) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01 - Chapter I. Two Hundred Thousand Francs Reward! part 1 | 13:40 | |
| 2 | 02 - Chapter I. Two Hundred Thousand Francs Reward! part 2 | 27:16 | |
| 3 | 03 - Chapter II. The Wedding-Ring, part 1 | 18:12 | |
| 4 | 04 - Chapter II. The Wedding-Ring, part 2 | 17:28 | |
| 5 | 05 - Chapter III. The Sign of the Shadow, part 1 | 21:11 | |
| 6 | 06 - Chapter III. The Sign of the Shadow, part 2 | 19:09 | |
| 7 | 07 - Chapter IV. The Infernal Trap, part 1 | 21:57 | |
| 8 | 08 - Chapter IV. The Infernal Trap, part 2 | 21:17 | |
| 9 | 09 - Chapter V. The Red Silk Scarf, part 1 | 17:59 | |
| 10 | 10 - Chapter V. The Red Silk Scarf, part 2 | 27:04 | |
| 11 | 11 - Chapter VI. Shadowed by Death, part 1 | 18:47 | |
| 12 | 12 - Chapter VI. Shadowed by Death, part 2 | 19:09 | |
| 13 | 13 - Chapter VII. A Tragedy in the Forest of Morgues | 20:19 | |
| 14 | 14 - Chapter VIII. Lupin's Marriage, part 1 | 24:23 | |
| 15 | 15 - Chapter VIII. Lupin's Marriage, part 2 | 20:52 | |
| 16 | 16 - Chapter IX. The Invisible Prisoner | 28:01 | |
| 17 | 17 - Chapter X. Edith Swan-Neck, part 1 | 19:53 | |
| 18 | 18 - Chapter X. Edith Swan-Neck, part 2 | 22:40 |
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