Arsène lupin

Arsène Lupin : is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc He was originally called Arsène Lopin, until a local politi cian of the same name protested. The character was first introduced in a series of short stories serialised in the magazine Je sais tout The first story. "The Arrest of Arsène Lupin", was published on Lupin was featured in 17 novels and 39 15 July 1905 atured novellas by Leblanc, with the novellas or short stories collected into book form for a total of 24 books.The number be comes 25 if the 1923 novel The Secret Tomb is counted Lupin does not appear in it, but the main character Dorothée solves one of Arsène Lupin's four fabu lous secrets. The character has also appeared in a number of books from other writers as well as numerous film, television, stage play, as well as comic book adaptations Five authorised sequels were written in the 1970s by the celebrated mystery writ ing team of Boileau-Narcejac