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Improve your French while listening to and appreciating one of the greatest French writers: Maurice Leblanc. You can adjust the speed depending on your level in French. You can also buy the book to follow with the transcription as you are listening. The literature has been adapted into useful French words and verb tenses for conversation. With this book, you can improve your French progressively with natural fun, focus, and motivation. Indeed, Arsène Lupin is a really interesting book!

The Blonde Lady pits master thief Arsène Lupin against the brilliant detective Herlock Sholmes in a battle of wits. As the gentleman-burglar executes a series of daring heists, Sholmes is determined to bring him to justice. A thrilling duel between two legendary minds.

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes is a thrilling battle of wits between master thief Arsène Lupin and the legendary detective Herlock Sholmes. This classic mystery follows daring heists, clever disguises, and a game of cat and mouse between two brilliant minds.

Arsène Lupin est mort! En tout cas, c'est ce que tout le monde à l'air de croire : lors d'un cambriolage nocturne au château d'Ambrumésy, Mlle de Saint-Véran tire sur un rôdeur mais son cadavre reste introuvable. Quelques jours plus tard, la jeune femme est enlevée et son corps est retrouvé inanimé, à côté de celui d'Arsène Lupin. Comme par hasard, le document renfermant le secret de l'Aiguille creuse disparaît en même temps... Isidore Beautrelet lui ne croit ni à ces faits qui s'enchaînent trop facilement ni à la mort du gentleman-cambrioleur.

Something seems off. Lupin sensed it before it happened. When a simple burglary goes terribly wrong, and two of Lupin’s accomplices are sentenced to the guillotine, Lupin’s quest to free them reveals itself to be more twisted and darker than he’d ever imagined. Inspired by the infamous Panama scandals of 1892 and 1893, and expanding on the main concept in Poe’s The Purloined Letter, Leblanc weaves a thrilling tale of twists and turns with Lupin’s characteristic panache.

The world's greatest gentleman thief is back, and this time he must summon all his brilliance and prowess to escape the clutches of his most worthy adversary: the master English Detective Sherlock Holmes! Assisted by his trusty companion Dr. Wilson, Holmes is called to Paris to investigate crimes believed to involve the legendary debonair rogue Lupin.

À Paris, en 1907, un enlèvement est commis à l'Opéra durant un défilé de haute couture : la belle chanteuse Régine Aubry est conduite par deux individus dans une maison non-identifiée où on la dépouille de son corselet de diamants. Puis elle est relâchée, sans sa parure évidemment au grand dam du diamantaire véreux Van Houben qui avait conçu la robe.

Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur, publié en 1907 par Maurice Leblanc, introduit l’un des personnages les plus charismatiques de la littérature française : Arsène Lupin, un voleur brillant et audacieux, doté d'un charme irrésistible et d'une intelligence hors du commun, qui s'attaque aux riches et aux puissants avec élégance et finesse. Surnommé le « gentleman-cambrioleur », il use de déguisements et de ruses pour accomplir ses exploits, volant avec style tout en respectant un certain code d’honneur.

One evening, wealthy diamond merchant Rudolph Kesselbach is visited at the Palace Hotel by Arsène Lupin. The next day, Kesselbach is found dead from a gunshot wound, with Lupin’s card pinned to his shirt. The wanted Lupin is forced to use all his guile to outwit the gendarmerie and find the real murderer.

Als Arséne Lupin des Mordes verdächtigt wird, besteht er darauf, die Suche der Polizei nach dem wahren Mörder zu leiten. Neben zahlreichen Morden, Selbstmorden und Folterungen ist die Zahl '813' das große Geheimnis, welches es zu lösen gilt. Es gilt ein Paket mit Briefen an Bismarck zu finden sowie eine Uhr mit der Zahl 813. Ein Kaiser wird dazu gebracht mehrere Reisen inkognito zu unternehmen. Und es geht um die Liebe Lupins zu zwei Frauen.

As revenge for marrying a man he didn't approve of, Véronique d'Hergemont's father, Professor Antoine d'Hergemont, kidnapped her baby and, while escaping, drowned with the baby at sea. Fourteen years later, in 1917, Véronique is watching a film and spots her quite unique signature written on the side of a hut in the background of a scene. The signature, V d'H, prompts her to visit the location where the movie was shot and launches her into a deep and ancient mystery that only one man can solve.

Comprising 10 short stories, The Confessions of Arsène Lupin first appeared in 1913. Each story features the eponymous gentleman-burglar, who deploys his remarkable wit and skill to plot a path through aristocratic society, outwitting both police and criminals along the way. This collection contains tales of romance and mystery, with Lupin himself never above performing the occasional good deed, while pocketing his own rewards, in the course of his adventures.

Este es el segundo de los tres audiolibros que conforman la saga literaria en la que se inspira la serie "Lupin". Un duelo a muerte entre el mejor detective de la historia de la literatura y el ladrón más brillante, caballeresco e intrépido que habita los anaqueles. Arsène Lupin se ve envuelto en dos robos y una estafa. Las tres víctimas deciden unirse y llamar a Herlock Sholmès para que viaje desde Londres y ponga las cosas en su sitio.

Dans cette aventure, Lupin affronte avec humour et brio le brillant détective Herlock Sholmès, un double bien réel et tout aussi brillant du célèbre détective anglais Sherlock Holmes. Herlock Sholmes est une copie transparente du héros de Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, qui en 1906 avait déjà connu un très grand succès en France.

"The Extraordinary Life of Arsène Lupin in Prison", as per the original title, opens with a letter from Lupin to Baron Nathan Cahorn. Lupin demands the wealthy Baron send him several of his most precious valuables, or else... he will come and take everything. But Lupin is incarcerated in the famous La Santé Prison! When the deadline comes, detective Ganimard and his men keep a keen eye on the belongings.

The series that inspired the Netflix show Lupin. A chance encounter irrevocably alters the course of one man's life, and the tensions between France and Germany boil over... In "The Woman of Mystery", Leblanc paints a wonderful tale of WWI in France, twined together with the mystery surrounding the murder of main character Paul's father.

Este es el último de los tres audiolibros que conforman la saga literaria en la que se inspira la serie "Lupin". Un triple asesinato en un hotel elegante de París. Una caja fuerte desvalijada. Todas las sospechas recaen en Arsène Lupin, aunque se lo cree muerto por un disparo de Herlock Sholmès. Al lado del cadáver del millonario Kesselbach aparece una tarjeta de visita de Arsène Lupin.

The first story, "The Blonde Lady", opens with the purchase of an antique desk by a mathematics professor. The desk is subsequently stolen, as it turns out, by Arsène Lupin. Later, both Lupin and the professor realize that a lottery ticket, left inadvertently in the desk, is the winning ticket, and Lupin proceeds to ensure he obtains half of the winnings while executing a near-impossible escape with a blonde lady. After the theft of the Blue Diamond, again by a blonde lady, Ganimard made the connection to Lupin and an appeal was made to Herlock Sholmes to match wits with Lupin.

« L'Aiguille creuse » est l'emplacement secret du Trésor des rois de France. Découvert par Arsène Lupin, un jeune étudiant Isodore Beautrelet s'emploie à le retrouver à son tour.La joute entre ces deux personnages, qui se respectent et s'apprécient, se déroule sur les terres de Normandie.Résumé par Bidou

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar (French: Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur) is the first collection of stories by Maurice Leblanc recounting the adventures of Arsène Lupin, released on 10 June 1907. It contains the first nine stories depicting the character, first published in the French magazine Je sais tout, the first one being on 15 July 1905.