Arsene Lupin/ with the sprinkles of Harry Potter on the side

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 157413

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
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> One of Agatha Christie's favorite mystery series concerned Arsene 
> Lupin, a French series. From what I can tell, Arsene is nothing like 
> Remus. Is anyone familiar with that series? Opinions? Everything I 
> know I found at Google. 
> 
> I'm guessing at the very least JKR may have been familiar with the 
> character, or do you think she plucked the name out of her garden?

Alla:

Hmmm, I have read Arsene Lupan ( putting a here, since it seems closer 
to how it was spelled in russian translation) stories long, long time 
ago, so long that I may not even able to remember the gist of his 
character straight. Wasn't he the noble thief who became private 
investigator?

Um, does not seem to look like Remus to me at all. :) Although come to 
think of it, maybe we will learn that Remus was not afraid to use some 
rather dirty tricks  in order to help Light side?

On the other hand, Lupan as far as I remember always drawed the line 
and did not go further than the certain degree of dirtiness, in other 
words I would not call him evil :) Dark creature maybe, but not evil.

But again, please keep in mind that I have a **very** vague 
recollection of these stories. Maybe I am completely confused. I seem 
to remember that at the time I read them, I liked them a lot. But 
usually I remember the books I loved and rather vividly at that, so I 
guess I have to rethink whether the stories are that good.


 
> Potioncat, who also found a Trelawney in AC's autobiography.
>

Alla:

LOL.