Arsène Lupin, der Gentleman-Gauner

Arsène Lupin is one of the immortal superheroes of world literature: a gentleman who only mingles in the finest circles, but also a cunning burglar who, with his superior intelligence, attention to even the smallest details, his prophetic abilities, and his moral superiority, successfully carries out every heist while resisting even the greatest temptations to commit real evil. For who could begrudge this Raphael of burglary the thefts of sparkling jewels and priceless paintings from the rich and wealthiest households? Next to Lupin, even his greatest rival, the British detective Sherlock Holmes, becomes a petty nitpicker who always arrives too late to catch our hero. "Arsène Lupin, the Gentleman Burglar" presents this luminous figure of the Fin de Siècle in all his facets in an exciting adventure full of wit.