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Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes

By Maurice Leblanc

2021-05-24 20:02:44

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmès (French: Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès) is the second collection of Arsène Lupin stories written by Maurice Leblanc, featuring two adventures follow ... Read more

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmès (FrenchArsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès) is the second collection of Arsène Lupin stories written by Maurice Leblanc, featuring two adventures following a match of wits between Lupin and Herlock Sholmès. The character "Herlock Sholmès" is a transparent reference to Sherlock Holmes of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories,who appeared in "Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late", one of the eight stories in the first collection, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar. The collection was translated twice into English, as Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmès in the US (1910, by George Morehead), and as Arsène Lupin versus Holmlock Shears in the UK (1910, by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, printed as The Blonde Lady in the US).

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File size209.911 KB
Print pages282
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1587154645
Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (11 December 1864 – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Ars...

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