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Maurice Leblanc

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Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was a French author whose greatest creation, the so-called "Gentleman Burglar" Arsène Lupin, has inspired dozens of imitators as well as many film and television adaptations.Originally destined by his father to work in a card factory, Leblanc instead pursued a career in journalism and short-story writing, penning several successful novels and pieces of short fiction (as well as a failed play) before he was commissioned to create a detective story for the magazine Je sais tout in 1905.Leblanc, likely inspired by (among others) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, thus created Arsène Lupin and the character proved to be so wildly popular that Leblanc would go on to create 17 novels and thirty-nine novellas featuring the famed thief. When he introduced the character of Sherlock Holmes to his stories, Leblanc inadvertently angered Doyle, who believed his famous detective was being held up to ridicule and the character's name was therefore changed to Herlock Sholmes, which did little to mollify Doyle.Also similar to his English counterpart, Leblanc grew tired of his most famous creation and even attempted to kill him off (as Doyle did to Holmes at Reichenbach Falls) but, also mirroring his literary godfather, Leblanc revived Lupin and continued to write stories about him for the rest of his career.Maurice Leblanc, after receiving the Légion d'Honneur, died of pneumonia in 1941 at the age of 77. Adaptations of the Lupin stories remain immensely popular to this day.

Maurice Leblanc Books

Arsène Lupin Super-Sleuth book cover

Arsène Lupin Super-Sleuth

Maurice Leblanc
The Golden Triangle book cover

The Golden Triangle

Maurice Leblanc
The Tremendous Event book cover

The Tremendous Event

Maurice Leblanc
The Frontier book cover

The Frontier

Maurice Leblanc
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes book cover

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes

Maurice Leblanc
The Crystal Stopper book cover

The Crystal Stopper

Maurice Leblanc
The Blonde Lady book cover

The Blonde Lady

Maurice Leblanc
The Eyes of Innocence book cover

The Eyes of Innocence

Maurice Leblanc
The Secret of Sarek book cover

The Secret of Sarek

Maurice Leblanc
The Three Eyes book cover

The Three Eyes

Maurice Leblanc
Memoirs of Arsène Lupin book cover

Memoirs of Arsène Lupin

Maurice Leblanc
The Hollow Needle book cover

The Hollow Needle

Maurice Leblanc
The Secret Tomb book cover

The Secret Tomb

Maurice Leblanc
The Woman of Mystery book cover

The Woman of Mystery

Maurice Leblanc
The Confessions of Arsène Lupin book cover

The Confessions of Arsène Lupin

Maurice Leblanc
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar book cover

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

Maurice Leblanc
813 book cover

813

Maurice Leblanc
The Eight Strokes of the Clock book cover

The Eight Strokes of the Clock

Maurice Leblanc
The Teeth of the Tiger book cover

The Teeth of the Tiger

Maurice Leblanc
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Cambrioleur book cover

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Cambrioleur

Maurice Leblanc
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