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nacque in Normandia, a Rouen, l’11 novembre 1864, secondogenito di un italiano, naturalizzato francese. Trasferitosi a Parigi, frequentò l’intellighenzia del tempo, ma gli autori cui egli teneva di più furono Flaubert, di Rouen come lui, e Maupassant, che ritenne suo maestro e dal quale fu sostenuto. Nel 1905, spinto dall’amico editore Pierre Lafitte, pubblicò senza alcuna convinzione il racconto L’arresto di Arsène Lupin. Il successo immediato lo portò a continuare le avventure dello straordinario ladro gentiluomo, divenuto celeberrimo, con una incessante, felicissima produzione che durò fino al 1941, anno della sua morte. La sua casa nella località di Étretat è oggi divenuta il museo Le Clos Arsène Lupin. La Newton Compton ha pubblicato anche Le avventure di Arsenio Lupin, ladro gentiluomo; Il tappo di cristallo; Il triangolo d’oro; L’isola delle trenta bare; Gli otto rintocchi del pendolo; La dimora misteriosa e La donna dai due sorrisi.
The blonde lady. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Maurice Leblanc - Simone Vannini, 2015 -
On the 8th of December last, M. Gerbois, professor of mathematics at Versailles College, rummaging among the stores at a second-hand dealer's, discovered a small mahogany writing-desk, which took his fancy because of its many drawers."That's just what I want for Suzanne's birthday," he thought.M. Gerbois' means were limited and, anxious as he was to please his daughter, he felt it his duty to beat the dealer down. He ended by paying sixty-five francs. As he was writing down his address, a well-groomed and well-dressed young man, who had been hunting through the shop in every direction, caught sight of the writing-desk and asked:"How much for this?""It's sold," replied the dealer."Oh ... to this gentleman?"M. Gerbois bowed and, feeling all the happier that one of his fellow-men envied him his purchase, left the shop. But he had not taken ten steps in the street before the young man caught him up and, raising his hat, said, very politely:"I beg a thousand pardons, sir ... I am going to ask you an indiscreet question.... Were you looking for this desk rather than anything else?""No. I went to the shop to see if I could find a cheap set of scales for my experiments.""Therefore, you do not want it very particularly?""I want it, that's all.""Because it's old I suppose?""Because it's useful.""In that case, would you mind exchanging it for another desk, quite as useful, but in better condition?""This one is in good condition and I see no point in exchanging it.""Still ..."M. Gerbois was a man easily irritated and quick to take offense. He replied curtly:"I must ask you to drop the subject, sir."The young man placed himself in front of him."I don't know how much you paid, sir ... but I offer you double the price.""No, thank you.""Three times the price.""Oh, that will do," exclaimed the professor, impatiently. "The desk belongs to me and is not for sale."The young man stared at him with a look that remained imprinted on M. Gerbois' memory, then turned on his heel, without a word, and walked away.
The extraordinary adventures of Arsene Lupin. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Maurice Leblanc - Simone Vannini, 2015 -
It was a strange ending to a voyage that had commenced in a most auspicious manner. The transatlantic steamship `La Provence' was a swift and comfortable vessel, under the command of a most affable man. The passengers constituted a select and delightful society. The charm of new acquaintances and improvised amusements served to make the time pass agreeably. We enjoyed the pleasant sensation of being separated from the world, living, as it were, upon an unknown island, and consequently obliged to be sociable with each other.Have you ever stopped to consider how much originality and spontaneity emanate from these various individuals who, on the preceding evening, did not even know each other, and who are now, for several days, condemned to lead a life of extreme intimacy, jointly defying the anger of the ocean, the terrible onslaught of the waves, the violence of the tempest and the agonizing monotony of the calm and sleepy water? Such a life becomes a sort of tragic existence, with its storms and its grandeurs, its monotony and its diversity; and that is why, perhaps, we embark upon that short voyage with mingled feelings of pleasure and fear.
The confessions of Arsène Lupin. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Maurice Leblanc - Simone Vannini, 2015 -
"Lupin," I said, "tell me something about yourself.""Why, what would you have me tell you? Everybody knows my life!" replied Lupin, who lay drowsing on the sofa in my study."Nobody knows it!" I protested. "People know from your letters in the newspapers that you were mixed up in this case, that you started that case. But the part which you played in it all, the plain facts of the story, the upshot of the mystery: these are things of which they know nothing.""Pooh! A heap of uninteresting twaddle!""What! Your present of fifty thousand francs to Nicolas Dugrival's wife! Do you call that uninteresting? And what about the way in which you solved the puzzle of the three pictures?"Lupin laughed:"Yes, that was a queer puzzle, certainly. I can suggest a title for you if you like: what do you say to The Sign of the Shadow?""And your successes in society and with the fair sex?" I continued. "The dashing Arsène's love-affairs!... And the clue to your good actions? Those chapters in your life to which you have so often alluded under the names of The Wedding-ring, Shadowed by Death, and so on!... Why delay these confidences and confessions, my dear Lupin?... Come, do what I ask you!..."It was at the time when Lupin, though already famous, had not yet fought his biggest battles; the time that preceded the great adventures of The Hollow Needle and 813. He had not yet dreamt of annexing the accumulated treasures of the French Royal House nor of changing the map of Europe under the Kaiser's nose: he contented himself with milder surprises and humbler profits, making his daily effort, doing evil from day to day and doing a little good as well, naturally and for the love of the thing, like a whimsical and compassionate Don Quixote.