{"product_id":"2940012773524","title":"THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ARS\u0026Egrave;NE LUPIN, GENTLEMAN-BURGLAR","description":"Table of Contents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.      The Arrest of Arsène Lupin\u003cbr\u003e     II.     Arsène Lupin in Prison\u003cbr\u003e     III.    The Escape of Arsène Lupin\u003cbr\u003e     IV.     The Mysterious Traveller\u003cbr\u003e     V.      The Queen's Necklace\u003cbr\u003e     VI.     The Seven of Hearts\u003cbr\u003e     VII.    Madame Imbert's Safe\u003cbr\u003e     VIII.   The Black Pearl\u003cbr\u003e     IX.     Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Arrest of Arsène Lupin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a strange ending to a voyage that had commenced in a most\u003cbr\u003eauspicious manner. The transatlantic steamship `La Provence' was a swift\u003cbr\u003eand comfortable vessel, under the command of a most affable man. The\u003cbr\u003epassengers constituted a select and delightful society. The charm of\u003cbr\u003enew acquaintances and improvised amusements served to make the time pass\u003cbr\u003eagreeably. We enjoyed the pleasant sensation of being separated from\u003cbr\u003ethe world, living, as it were, upon an unknown island, and consequently\u003cbr\u003eobliged to be sociable with each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever stopped to consider how much originality and spontaneity\u003cbr\u003eemanate from these various individuals who, on the preceding evening,\u003cbr\u003edid not even know each other, and who are now, for several days,\u003cbr\u003econdemned to lead a life of extreme intimacy, jointly defying the anger\u003cbr\u003eof the ocean, the terrible onslaught of the waves, the violence of the\u003cbr\u003etempest and the agonizing monotony of the calm and sleepy water? Such\u003cbr\u003ea life becomes a sort of tragic existence, with its storms and its\u003cbr\u003egrandeurs, its monotony and its diversity; and that is why, perhaps,\u003cbr\u003ewe embark upon that short voyage with mingled feelings of pleasure and\u003cbr\u003efear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, during the past few years, a new sensation had been added to the\u003cbr\u003elife of the transatlantic traveler. The little floating island is now\u003cbr\u003eattached to the world from which it was once quite free. A bond united\u003cbr\u003ethem, even in the very heart of the watery wastes of the Atlantic. That\u003cbr\u003ebond is the wireless telegraph, by means of which we receive news in\u003cbr\u003ethe most mysterious manner. We know full well that the message is not\u003cbr\u003etransported by the medium of a hollow wire. No, the mystery is even more\u003cbr\u003einexplicable, more romantic, and we must have recourse to the wings of\u003cbr\u003ethe air in order to explain this new miracle. During the first day of\u003cbr\u003ethe voyage, we felt that we were being followed, escorted, preceded\u003cbr\u003eeven, by that distant voice, which, from time to time, whispered to one\u003cbr\u003eof us a few words from the receding world. Two friends spoke to me. Ten,\u003cbr\u003etwenty others sent gay or somber words of parting to other passengers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the second day, at a distance of five hundred miles from the French\u003cbr\u003ecoast, in the midst of a violent storm, we received the following\u003cbr\u003emessage by means of the wireless telegraph:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Arsène Lupin is on your vessel, first cabin, blonde hair, wound right\u003cbr\u003efore-arm, traveling alone under name of R........\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt that moment, a terrible flash of lightning rent the stormy skies.\u003cbr\u003eThe electric waves were interrupted. The remainder of the dispatch never\u003cbr\u003ereached us.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161852461296,"sku":"2940012773524","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012773524","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}