The Confessions Of Arsène Lupin (2003) - Plot & Excerpts
If this lower rating conflicts with my review of Arsène Lupin, gentleman cambrioleur, I will endorse the first anthology for allowing 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 Dune repute.I suppose, if the character is too simple, he or she(where English's necessity for pronouns makes 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's the coquin Ganimard often accuses him to be I'm inclined to call the author on letting possible feelings of rancour and wounded pride for writing a character more famous than his more literary endeavours permeate.
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