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The Blonde Lady: Being a Record of the Duel of Wits Between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective

Maurice Leblanc

The Blonde Lady: Being a Record of the Duel of Wits Between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective

The Blonde Lady: Being a Record of the Duel of Wits Between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective

Maurice Leblanc

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A professor purchases a writing desk for his daughter's birthday. Inside lies a winning lottery ticket worth a million francs. Within days, the desk is stolen by Arsène Lupin, the legendary French thief who openly declares the ticket his. When the professor's daughter is kidnapped in the crossfire, only one man can stop Lupin: Herlock Sholmes, an eccentric English detective with a brilliance to match the thief's own. What follows is a scintillating duel of wits, a high-stakes game of intelligence and morality where every move begets a counter-move. Leblanc crafts his tale with gleeful verve, letting his charming rogue monologue with theatrical delight while the detective matches him insult for insult. The novel essentially invented the "great detective meets his match" genre, and its parody of a certain Baker Street sleuth caused such outrage that Leblanc had to rename the character in later editions. A century later, the chemistry between these two titanic egos still crackles.

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A detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the cunning thief Arsène Lupin as he battles agai...

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LeBlanc's creation, gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat -- witty, char...

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“Difficult, yes, but possible, therefore certain.””

— Maurice Leblanc

“Señor Lupin, existen dos hombres en el mundo de los que nada puede extrañarme: el primero, yo; el segundo, usted.””

— Maurice Leblanc

“Sé que los jóvenes tienen con frecuencia sueños sin la autorización de sus padres.””

— Maurice Leblanc

“There was something fascinating about Lupin; it was the fascination of the great actor who plays his rôle with spirit and understanding, combined with assurance and ease.””

— Maurice Leblanc

“What an adventure! … Ah! Sholmes, life is just one damn thing after another!””

— Maurice Leblanc

“era Herlock Sholmès; es decir, una especie de fenómeno de intuición, de observación, de clarividencia y de ingeniosidad. Se creería que la naturaleza se entretuvo en tomar los dos tipos de policías más extraordinarios producidos por la imaginación, el Dupin, de Edgard A. Poe, y el Lecoq, de Gaboriau, para construir uno a su manera, más extraordinario e irreal aún. Y se lo preguntan verdaderamente cuando se oye el relato de los hechos que le han hecho famoso en el mundo entero; se preguntan si este Herlock Sholmès no es un personaje legendario, un héroe surgido vivo del cerebro de un gran novelista, de un Conan Doyle, por ejemplo.””

— Maurice Leblanc

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