Lupin

One of the most popular characters in all of crime fiction, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar long ago joined his (sometime) rival Sherlock Holmes in the criminal literature Hall of Fame. 

Created in 1905 by French author Maurice Leblanc for the magazine Je sais tout, Lupin proved to be such a huge hit that the character would go on to inspire no less than 17 novels, thirty-nine novellas and a series of movie and television adaptations that remain enormously popular to this day. 

Presented here is the original and unabridged manuscript published by Leblanc in 1905 introducing the world to...Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar!