Lupin - Maurice LeBlanc

Lupin by Maurice LeBlanc brings together the author’s first collection of short stories. This edition is a paperback published by Dover Publications Inc.

Key details

• Author: Maurice LeBlanc
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 144
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 27 August 2021
• ISBN: 9780486849256

Synopsis

Presented as the first short-story collection by French novelist Maurice Leblanc, Lupin introduces a sequence of elaborate capers centred on a suave thief and master of disguise who targets the rich and powerful. The writing is characterised as witty and charming, and the book is noted as a source of inspiration for numerous retellings and adaptations across film, television, comic books and games.

Stories mentioned include “The Queen’s Necklace”, “The Arrest of Arsène Lupin” and “The Escape of Arsène Lupin”, alongside other popular tales by Leblanc.

Rackhams Reference : 6VT6Z656ML