Arsène Lupin vs. Sherlock Holmes (Dover Mystery Classics)

$9.95

Brief Description:
"This Dover edition, first published in 2022, is an unabridged republication of the work first published as Arsáene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by M. A. Donahue & Co., Chicago, in 1910"

Brief Description:
"Has Arsáene Lupin, the gentleman thief, finally met his match? In this, the second collection of short stories featuring Maurice Leblanc's titular character, Lupin matches wits with none other than Sherlock Holmes. The stories include 'Lottery Ticket No. 514,' 'The Blue Diamond,' 'Sherlock Holmes Opens Hostilities,' 'Light in the Darkness' 'An Abduction,' 'Second Arrest of Arsáene Lupin,' 'The Jewish Lamp,' and 'The Shipwreck.'"

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. Lottery Ticket No. 514
II. The Blue Diamond
III. Sherlock Holmes Opens Hostilities
IV. Light in the Darkness
V. An Abduction
VI. Second Arrest of Arsene Lupin
VII. The Jewish Lamp
VIII. The Shipwreck

Jacket Description/Back:
Working to solve a series of crimes, gentleman thief and debonair detective Arsène Lupin conspires to match wits with the great Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes in Maurice Leblanc's second collection of short stories. The eight tales include "Lottery Ticket No. 514," "Sherlock Holmes Opens Hostilities," "Second Arrest of Arsène Lupin," "The Jewish Lamp," and others. Brilliantly capturing each character's extraordinary skills, Leblanc offers mystery lovers an array of entertaining adventures with the most cunning duo in crime fiction.

Biographical Note:
Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.

Publisher Marketing:
Gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin conspires to match wits with the great Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes in Maurice Leblanc's second collection of short stories. Brilliantly capturing each character's extraordinary skills, Leblanc offers readers an array of entertaining adventures. The eight tales include "Lottery Ticket No. 514," "Sherlock Holmes Opens Hostilities," "Second Arrest of Arsène Lupin," "The Jewish Lamp," and others. Mystery lovers will find Lupin and Holmes the most cunning duo in crime fiction.