Ah yes someone beat me to it! I second the recommendation. The first two books read very much like episodes of an anime. They were released as short stories in a magazine initially, so they’re easy on the attention span.
The third book, The Hollow Needle, is more of a novel but maintains the same qualities. After that… bit of a mood shift but you’ll just have to see. I understand that it goes back to fun episodes eventually but I’m still recovering from 813, lol.
Yup, or at least most popular writing. The funny part was Arsène was literally conceived as a way to build off the fame of Sherlock Holmes which recently had got translated into French and released in periodicals. Arsène, being French and anti-police, immediately became a star in France, lol.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6133
The very first book, in all its public domain glory.
Do note that the anime is about Lupin III, which is canonically the grandson of Arsène Lupin.
ooo, thanks for doing all the heavy lifting for me!
Ah yes someone beat me to it! I second the recommendation. The first two books read very much like episodes of an anime. They were released as short stories in a magazine initially, so they’re easy on the attention span.
The third book, The Hollow Needle, is more of a novel but maintains the same qualities. After that… bit of a mood shift but you’ll just have to see. I understand that it goes back to fun episodes eventually but I’m still recovering from 813, lol.
wasn’t a lot of the best writing back then released in periodicals?
Yup, or at least most popular writing. The funny part was Arsène was literally conceived as a way to build off the fame of Sherlock Holmes which recently had got translated into French and released in periodicals. Arsène, being French and anti-police, immediately became a star in France, lol.