Arsene Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes

Maurice LeBlanc Collection

By: Cyanide Publishing, Maurice LeBlanc

Narrated by: James Mawson

First published in 1910, this new Cyanide Publishing edition contains the original text as well as background articles including:

• Maurice LeBlanc, Formidable Fiction in France
• Maurice LeBlanc, A Bibliography
• The Gentleman Thief, A Suave and Sophisticated Criminal

Arsene Lupin comes up against a worthy adversary - the British detective Herlock Sholmes.

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I love Lupin, but I'm not a fan of Sholmes

Overall the story is great. I have no complaints about the pace or the mystery of the Blonde lady (I wasn't a fan of the second one but that was mostly a matter of personal taste). I loved Arsene Lupin he is witty and clever and it feels easy to root for him despite the fact he is a theif. My main problem is with their portrayal of Herlock Sholmes. He is supposed to be based off of Sherlock Holmes and I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes, but it seems to me that this character deviated from Conan Doyles iconic character to much. While he did have a reasoning process that was pretty much the same as the one Doyle created, his intuition seems to me to be not on par with Sherlock Holmes and he falls for some traps that I could never see Holmes falling for. He also fails for figure out things that I think Holmes would have definitely discovered. Also his treatment of his version of Watson, Wilson is something that is completely against Sherlock treatment of Watson. Sherlock is kind to Watson in his own way and cares about him deeply. In this book Wilson gets injured on certain occasions and Herlock treats it in differently he has very little care for Wilson and is utterly selfish.

Aside from the portrayal of Sholmes I enjoyed the book immensely. it is fun and interesting and definitely a good story. despite Shocked I definitely recommend this book. James Mawson's performance was splendid, he did an excellent hob of giving characters individual voices that suited their personality.