Trama e riassunto di Le straordinarie avventure di Arsène Lupin, ladro gentiluomo

The story in 11 parts

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   A wireless warning turns a liner into a puzzle

   The first tale opens on the steamship La Provence. In the middle of a storm, a wireless message arrives. It says that Arsène Lupin is aboard in first cabin, blond, wounded in the right forearm, travelling alone under a name that begins with R. Then lightning cuts off the rest.

   By evening, every passenger knows. The narrator is courting a rich young woman, Miss Nelly Underdown, and he proposes a game of reasoning with the passenger list. Only four men whose names start with R travel alone, and three are cleared at once. That leaves a quiet, pale, blond man named Rozaine, who admits the clues fit him.

   Then Lady Jerland cries out that her jewels are stolen. The captain's watch vanishes and turns up in an officer's collar box. Nobody trusts a neighbour, a cabin mate or a friend. The crowd does Lupin's work by imagining him everywhere.

   Takeaway: Lupin's reputation does half his work before he makes a single move.

2. 2

   The arrival in New York sets a trap

   As the liner nears America, the captain says nothing, and his silence worries the passengers more than any news could.

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3. 3

   A castle owner invites the thief inside

   The second tale moves to Malaquis Castle, a fortress on a rock in the Seine.

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4. 4

   A locked castle is emptied before dawn

   On the night of September twenty-seventh, Ganimard arrives with two strong assistants.

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5. 5

   A prisoner announces that he will not stand trial

   The third tale returns to the Prison de la Santé.

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6. 6

   A trial in which nobody knows the accused

   The day of the trial arrives with steady rain and a crowded courtroom.

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7. 7

   A railway compartment turns into a duel

   The fourth tale puts the reader in a train from Paris to Rouen.

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8. 8

   A famous necklace vanishes from a sealed cabinet

   In the fifth tale, the Countess de Dreux-Soubise wears the Queen's Necklace at grand parties.

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9. 9

   A playing card pierced with seven holes

   The sixth tale begins with a young reporter alone in his Neuilly house on a warm June night.

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10. 10

    A secretary watches a safe full of millions

    The seventh tale is set earlier in the hero's career, when the name Arsène Lupin is brand new.

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11. 11

    How a gentleman thief earns a following

    The last two tales show Lupin at full power.

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