Tonight, listen to the adventures of Arsène Lupine on Europe 1

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Have you been won over by the

series

on Netflix?

What if you discovered the work that inspired the program, that of the author Maurice Leblanc?

In the night from Friday to Saturday, Europe 1 invites you to listen to a reading of the first book of the adventures of the gentleman burglar, by the actor François Berland, from midnight. 

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An expression coined by a journalist

Gentleman burglar

, it is the nickname of Arsène Lupine, but also the title of the first collection of short stories of Maurice Leblanc, published in 1907. The expression sums up the character well, but it was not invented by the author !

We owe it to a journalist from the

, in an article entitled "Les drillers de murailles", published in 1905 and which was interested in a new phenomenon of the time….

The thugs disguised themselves as bourgeois to go unnoticed among their victims.

And to describe them, the journalist wrote: "Thieves are now perfect gentlemen".

Maurice Leblanc took up the formula and first published his news in the newspapers.

The success was such that a publisher offered to publish a collection:

Two exceptional evenings on Europe 1

Since then, the exploits of this legendary hero have always fascinated the public, as evidenced by the enthusiasm for the

series

.

Europe 1 therefore invites you to experience the incredible adventures of this mythical character during two exceptional evenings, the first of which is for this Friday.

For the rest, you will have to wait a week, until Friday, February 5, same time