The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar. by Maurice LeBlanc is a fun book. Throughout the course of the book background information is given on why he became a burglar. There is almost a romance in it, with some twists and turns and Arsene being the gentleman that he is, being even more gentlemanly and less of a thief, at least at times.
The book kept my attention and kept me smiling at the fun of it, the twists, the personality of Lupin, his choice of ‘victims.’
I suppose a modern counterpart would be the Bernie the Burglar books by Lawrence Block which were made into only one movie with Whoopie Goldberg playing Bernie as a woman, not a man as it was written (a cute movie, BTW.) (And I’d like to see more.) But Bernie always finds a dead body when he is burglaring, whereas there are no dead bodies in this book.
And somehow he always manages not to get caught.
Arsene books available from Kindle
There are a number of Arsene books available for Kindle. I ‘bought’ the free one. It’s not clear if some of the others are duplicates or not.
I do think it would be fun to read more of them. But I want to be sure before I choose one that has a cost, that it is a different book.
Perhaps if I clicked on any one of the available ones (which I didn’t yet) the description would tell me enough to determine if it were different.
Another plus for Kindle
This is a book I likely would not have found without the Kindle. I enjoyed the old fashioned nature of this book, a glimpse into the past, not as a modern book written in an older (but new) manner, but as a genuine book written in an earlier time frame. The mores were gentler, but OTOH in many ways it was a tougher time to live in. so a trade off.
As I was reading, simultaneously, I found myself imagining what a reader in his time frame would have felt about the book, how the reader would have enjoyed the twists and turns. And how it would feel if I were that person.
Have you read this one?
Have fun if you decide to read it. You can’t go wrong at the price!
Have you read any of the other ones?
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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