The Blonde Lady (Esprios Classics) - Maurice Leblanc - Books - Blurb - 9781034383635 - August 23, 2024
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The Blonde Lady (Esprios Classics)

Maurice Leblanc

The Blonde Lady (Esprios Classics)

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 Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. Leblanc was born in Rouen, Normandy, where he was educated at Lycée Pierre-Corneille. After studying in several countries and dropping out of law school, he settled in Paris and began to write fiction, both short crime stories and longer novels. The latter, heavily influenced by writers like Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant, were critically admired but had little commercial success. Leblanc was largely considered little more than a writer of short stories for various French periodicals until the first Arsène Lupin story appeared in a series of short stories that was serialized in the magazine Je sais tout., starting in No. 6, dated 15 July 1905. Clearly created at editorial request under the influence of and in reaction to the wildly successful Sherlock Holmes stories, the roguish and glamorous Lupin was a surprise success and Leblanc's fame and fortune beckoned. In total, Leblanc went on to write 21 Lupin novels or collections of short stories.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 23, 2024
ISBN13 9781034383635
Publishers Blurb
Pages 266
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 15 mm   ·   394 g
Language English  

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