Arsène sacred!

Crime fiction has generated since its birth, a host of memorable characters, but there is one who holds my heart in a special place, it is this expensive, wonderful, incomparable Arsene Lupin! Heroes of the Belle Epoque, it has not aged a bit since its first appearance, that's 105 years old, and his adventures in the early 21st century, still devour with such glee. Ah, what a stroke of genius was Maurice Leblanc when he invented the Mozart of rob! Its charm is simply irresistible, its timeless charm ... Of course it's a thief, a swindler, an off-the-law, but he accomplished his crimes with such elegance, such panache, with so much spirit and gallantry that one can not help but admire his virtuosity, his style, his class! Lupin is both Robin Hood, Fantômas, Fregoli and Cyrano! Police fear the, bourgeois fear, husbands are suspicious ... It's a bit inverted portrait of Sherlock Holmes, he is the contemporary ... The both have intellectual qualities unusual and colorful personality, but as Sherlock spends all his talent to pursue criminals, Arsene, he blithely defies the Company and mocks the established order, raising burglary among the Fine Arts ... To each his own ... The fact is that this collection of short stories published in 1913 is a treat ... Nine of each page make up stories and each of them is a wonder ... First because the style Leblanc is air, fluid, while tasty dialogues ... Then because the intrigues that we used compete with malice and ingenuity ... Without Lupin, sure, the French thriller would not have the same brightness!