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A review by eb00kie
Les Confidences d'Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
3.0
Compared to the joy that was the first anthology, [b:Arsène Lupin, gentleman cambrioleur,|1432331|Arsène Lupin, gentleman cambrioleur (Arsène Lupin, #1)|Maurice Leblanc|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1330632094s/1432331.jpg|136242] this was a lot more callous. Maybe the first anthology for allowed for misinterpretations.
In more... depth, the Arsène Lupin one encounters here is hardly a gentleman, more like a vanitous poseur and a fop with very few scruples, and nonetheless not that different from the one in the first books.
In contrast, every character he has the joy of duping is made to appear not only inadequate, but fated to lose by a supernatural power, often explained away as mass psychological manipulation worthy of a Bene Gesserit of SF [b:Dune|234225|Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)|Frank Herbert|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389569143s/234225.jpg|3634639] repute.
I suppose, if the character is too simple, he or she (where English's pronoun limitations compared to Romance languages make one sound quite silly) becomes boring. At the other end of the spectrum, the inscrutability makes him or her hard to empathize with. If he seems the coquin Ganimard often accuses him to be, then maybe the author let permeate possible feelings of rancour and wounded pride for writing a character more famous than his more literary endeavours.
In more... depth, the Arsène Lupin one encounters here is hardly a gentleman, more like a vanitous poseur and a fop with very few scruples, and nonetheless not that different from the one in the first books.
In contrast, every character he has the joy of duping is made to appear not only inadequate, but fated to lose by a supernatural power, often explained away as mass psychological manipulation worthy of a Bene Gesserit of SF [b:Dune|234225|Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)|Frank Herbert|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389569143s/234225.jpg|3634639] repute.
I suppose, if the character is too simple, he or she (where English's pronoun limitations compared to Romance languages make one sound quite silly) becomes boring. At the other end of the spectrum, the inscrutability makes him or her hard to empathize with. If he seems the coquin Ganimard often accuses him to be, then maybe the author let permeate possible feelings of rancour and wounded pride for writing a character more famous than his more literary endeavours.