Maurice Leblanc

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Maurice Leblanc


Born
in Rouen, Normandy, France
November 10, 1864

Died
November 06, 1941

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Maurice Leblanc (1864 - 1941) was a French novelist, best known as the creator of gentleman thief (later detective) Arsène Lupin.

Leblanc began as a journalist, until he was asked to write a short story filler, and created, more gallant and dashing than English counterpart Sherlock Holmes.

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Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thi...

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Arsène Lupin versus Herlock...

3.76 avg rating — 9,213 ratings — published 1908 — 1037 editions
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3.81 avg rating — 6,187 ratings — published 1909 — 905 editions
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The Crystal Stopper (Arsène...

3.93 avg rating — 2,232 ratings — published 1912
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The Confessions of Arsène L...

3.93 avg rating — 2,013 ratings — published 1912 — 627 editions
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The Eight Strokes of the Cl...

3.88 avg rating — 1,246 ratings — published 1923 — 440 editions
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La Comtesse de Cagliostro (...

3.86 avg rating — 1,173 ratings — published 1924 — 165 editions
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L'île aux trente cercueils

3.61 avg rating — 1,085 ratings — published 1919 — 390 editions
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Arsène Lupin in the Teeth o...

3.91 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 1920 — 480 editions
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Quotes by Maurice Leblanc  (?)
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“What a pity that I am not an honest man!”
Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

“La pendule égrenait le chapelet infini des secondes.”
Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman cambrioleur

“Life itself, in fact, with its storms and its greatnesses, its monotony and its variety, becomes a sort of tragic epitome; and that, perhaps, is why we enjoy with a fevered haste and an intensified delight this short voyage of which we see the end at the very moment when we embark upon”
Maurice Leblanc, Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

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