This early work by Maurice Leblanc was originally published in 1913 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Confessions of Arsene Lupin' is a collection of nine stories - or confessions - of the celebrated gentleman thief Arsene Lupin. Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc was born on 11th November 1864 in Rouen, Normandy, France. He was a novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective, Arsène Lupin.