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La version reliée cartonnée est très belle, très beau livre à offrir

"Arsene Lupin" by Maurice LeBlanc and Edgar Jepson is a novelization of a four-act play written by LeBlanc, which he then turned into an Arsene Lupin book. It was then translated by Edgar Jepson into English and published in 1909. Chronologically, it comes 3rd in the series of Arsene Lupin books, after "The Exploits of Arsene Lupin" and "Arsene Lupin Vs. Herlock Sholmes." So read those two first before you read this one, it gives a bit more background to Lupin. Though I must say this is a pretty important book in the series, as it introduces some very main characters that show up in other novels.With that out of the way, we can get right to the book itself! "Arsene Lupin" is another excellent entry in the series, harkening back to the original short stories where we see Lupin up to his usual trickery of thievery. In the story Monsieur Martin, a wealthy middle-class man has received a letter from Arsene Lupin that his most prized belongings are going to be stolen. Mischief occurs as he and his family, including his daughter Germaine and her fiance, Jacques the Duke of Charmerace attempt to stop the crime from occurring, including hiring another detective arch-nemesis of Lupin, Guerchard (Supposedly in the original play it was his original foe Ganimard, but he is made reference to in the book, perhaps LeBlanc felt to turn him into an entirely different character when turning the play into a novel.) But Lupin always seems to be one-step ahead! There's romance, deception, and always something strange going on with all of the characters, really just an overall great read. LeBlanc does so well with his characterizations that you can't help but feel something for all of them in some way in his stories, and this proves true for all of the Lupin novels really.The only problem I had with the book was the ending, as it doesn't fit the continuity of the other Lupin novels. And yet later novels make reference to the events of the book itself and some of the characters play major roles, especially in "813". Granted, I didn't read them in order, as I had read The Hollow Needle and 813 before this, but it made it a little more irksome as the only time the ending of this novel is referenced is in passing by Lupin in 813. I don't know if this was fixed in yet later novels, but I will keep reading to find out!Overall, this is another great read in the Lupin series, and an essential one at that. Really, just classic escapades of Arsene Lupin at hand!

The story telling is great! The only thing I didn't enjoy was the physical book itself, the format felt awkward, and probably my least favourite part is the self promotion on the back cover, other than that it was a good purchase

Excited by the show I wanted the book. This one is a bad photocopy of tiny print in a cheap binding.