PublishedGalileo Publishers, April 2023 |
ISBN9781912916764 |
FormatSoftcover, 300 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 13cm |
The creator of Arsene Lupin, Maurice Leblanc, was born in Rouen in 1864. At the request of a Paris magazine, Je Sais Tout, he began a series of stories featuring the character Lupin, a 'gentleman thief', which appeared in this publication, starting in 1907.
In 1919 Agatha Christie reportedly considered basing her first detective on Lupin. Jean Cocteau wrote about the stories in his diaries, Sartre described Lupin as "the Cyrano of the underworld." Even T. S. Eliot was an avid reader of Lupin stories. The translation by Texeira da Matos is immaculate and reads as effortlessly today as it would have done in 1907 when this collection was first published. The book comprises 9 stories: THE ARREST OF ARSENE LUPIN, ARSENE LUPIN IN PRISON, THE ESCAPE OF ARSENE LUPIN, THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER, THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE, THE SEVEN OF HEARTS, MADAME IMBERT'S SAFE, THE BLACK PEARL, SHERLOCK HOLMES ARRIVES TOO LATE.
