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The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

by Maurice Leblanc

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  1. The Arrest of Arsène Lupin

    30:44

  2. Arsène Lupin in Prison

    41:36

  3. The Escape of Arsène Lupin

    48:02

  4. The Mysterious Traveller

    33:06

  5. The Queen's Necklace

    34:36

  6. The Seven of Hearts, part 1

    39:22

  7. The Seven of Hearts, part 2

    29:37

  8. Madame Imbert's Safe

    24:50

  9. The Black Pearl

    30:48

  10. Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late

    50:09

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Maurice Leblanc introduced one of France's most enduring characters in these nine linked tales: Arsene Lupin, the impeccably dressed thief who robs the rich with wit rather than menace. He slips out of handcuffs, empties safes under the noses of the police, and turns every arrest into a fresh chance to humiliate his pursuers. Leblanc wrote him partly as a French answer to Sherlock Holmes, and the two even cross paths here in a battle of egos. The stories move at a brisk pace, full of disguises, coded messages, and last-minute reversals that reward Lupin's nerve. Charming and clever, the collection launched a series that ran for decades.

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It was a strange ending to a voyage that had commenced in a most auspicious manner. The transatlantic steamship ‘La Provence’ was a swift and comfortable vessel, under the command of a most affable man. The passengers constituted a select and delightful society. The charm of new acquaintances and improvised amusements served to make the time pass agreeably. We enjoyed the pleasant sensation of being separated from the world, living, as it were, upon an unknown island, and consequently obliged to be sociable with each other.

Have you ever stopped to consider how much originality and spontaneity emanate from these various individuals who, on the preceding evening, did not even know each other, and who are now, for several days, condemned to lead a life of extreme intimacy, jointly defying the anger of the ocean, the terrible onslaught of the waves, the violence of the tempest and the agonizing monotony of the calm and sleepy water? Such a life becomes a sort of tragic existence, with its storms and its grandeurs, its monotony and its diversity; and that is why, perhaps, we embark upon that short voyage with mingled feelings of pleasure and fear.

But, during the past few years, a new sensation had been added to the life of the transatlantic traveler. The little floating island is now attached to the world from which it was once quite free. A bond united them, even in the very heart of the watery wastes of the Atlantic. That bond is the wireless telegraph, by means of which we receive news in the most mysterious manner. We know full well that the message is not transported by the medium of a hollow wire. No, the mystery is even more inexplicable, more romantic, and we must have recourse to the wings of the air in order to explain this new miracle. During the first day of the voyage, we felt that we were being followed, escorted, preceded even, by that distant voice, which, from time to time, whispered to one of us a few words from the receding world. Two friends spoke to me. Ten, twenty others sent gay or somber words of parting to other passengers.

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Maurice Leblanc

Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.

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