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What happens when a gentleman thief meets a detective who refuses to be charmed?
In Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes, theft becomes an art of timing, disguise, and nerve. Lupin moves through respectable French society on his own terms. But the relentless English investigator Herlock Sholmes gives him something the police cannot easily provide: an opponent who can challenge his confidence.
Two linked adventures bring their rivalry into focus. The Blonde Lady draws Sholmes into thefts and mysteries surrounding a puzzling female figure. The Jewish Lamp renews the contest over a valuable stolen object. Both men read the same clues differently, and each tries to turn the other’s certainty into a weakness.
What you’ll discover
- A thief with nerve Watch Lupin use timing and disguise to take what others carefully guard.
- An opponent who persists Meet Herlock Sholmes, whose relentless pursuit puts Lupin’s easy confidence under pressure.
- The Blonde Lady Follow a chain of thefts where a mysterious woman makes appearances hard to trust.
- The Jewish Lamp Enter a renewed battle in which recovering a valuable object is only part of the challenge.
- Charm meets sharp scrutiny Enjoy a playful contest that keeps its dangers close and its rivals alert.
Who will love it
For readers who love detective puzzles, rogues with charm, and rivalries between quick minds. It suits anyone who enjoys a hero who is also a thief, and a mystery that hides its clues in plain sight.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A stolen desk starts a million franc fight
- Lupin offers a deal and takes a hostage
- A murder and a ring nobody keeps
- Ganimard sets a trap and falls into one
- Sholmes and Lupin meet over dinner
- One architect's name leads through secret passages
- Lupin's allies make every pursuit dangerous
- A second case begins with a Jewish lamp
- A household full of questions
- What the duel is really about
Who’s who
- Arsène LupinThe gentleman burglar of Paris, who steals with style, loves danger and likes to warn his enemies in advance.
- Herlock SholmesThe famous English detective who relies on logic and sharp observation, and who crosses to France to face Lupin.
- WilsonSholmes's loyal and cheerful friend, who admires him greatly and keeps stumbling into trouble.
- GanimardA veteran Paris detective who relentlessly pursues Lupin and half believes he can never be caught.
- Monsieur GerboisA short-tempered mathematics professor from Versailles who holds the winning lottery ticket and fights to keep his daughter's fortune.
- Suzanne GerboisThe professor's cheerful daughter, who loves her cousin Philippe and becomes part of Lupin's plan.
- Baron d'ImblevalleA wealthy Parisian who asks Sholmes to find a stolen Jewish lamp and the jewel hidden inside it.
- Lady StrongboroughA friend of Lupin in England whom he names as a place of refuge for someone in need.
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Arsène Lupin contro Herlock Sholmes
by Maurice Leblanc · 1908
A stolen desk, a winning lottery ticket and a thief who writes polite letters to the police.
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What would you do if a thief wrote you a polite letter offering to split a million francs? Maurice Leblanc opens his book with a stolen mahogany writing desk and a winning lottery ticket.
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A stolen desk starts a million franc fight
Monsieur Gerbois, a mathematics professor at Versailles, buys a mahogany writing desk for his daughter Suzanne. A young man offers double the price, then triple, but Gerbois refuses. The next day a man posing as a deliveryman steals it.
Two months later lottery ticket number 514 wins a million francs. Gerbois remembers that his ticket is in the stolen desk. He telegraphs the Crédit Foncier to block other claimants. Lupin also sends a telegram claiming the ticket.
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What is Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes about?
It tells two linked adventures in which the French gentleman thief Arsène Lupin outwits the police, then meets the English detective Herlock Sholmes. The cases involve a lottery ticket, a blue diamond and a stolen Jewish lamp.
Who is Herlock Sholmes?
He is an English detective who brings logic and observation to his pursuit of Lupin.
Who is Arsène Lupin?
Lupin is Leblanc's gentleman burglar, a master of disguise who is courteous to his victims and loves danger. He is famous across Paris and writes mocking letters to the police and to the detective himself.
The author
Maurice Leblanc
1864–1941 · French mystery novelist
Maurice Leblanc was a French writer born in Rouen in 1864. He wrote novels and short stories, including the Arsène Lupin series, which began in 1905. His books include The Hollow Needle, published in 1909, and The Crystal Stopper, published in 1912. He died in Perpignan in 1941.
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