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Maurice Leblanc

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Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (1864–1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. Maurice Leblanc's notable works include Le Formidable Événement.

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“Advocates and magistrates, reporters and men of the world, actresses and society women were crowded together on the benches provided for the public.”

— Maurice Leblanc《The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar》

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Book · 1907

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar is a literary work by Maurice Leblanc. Its themes and subject matter include Adventure stories, French in English translation and Burglars. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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