Arsene Lupin

[Neri]

No: HPFGUIDX 157417

> Potioncat wrote:
> <snip>
> 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?
> 


Neri:
I very dimly recall that I've read an Arsene Lupin story once, or
anyway I tried to. I believe I had to stop in the middle because
Monsieur Lupin was quite possibly the worst Gary Stu I have ever had
the misfortune to meet in any book. Just to give you a notion, there
was a British detective in that book and his name was Herlock Sholmes
(yes, you read correctly). And of course, Monsieur Lupin repeatedly
put Mr. Sholmes in his place and showed him who was the real ace
detective around, which was (surprise! surprise!) Arsene Lupin. It was
quite disgusting. Of course, it might have been a very clever parody
that just went over my head.  

Also I suspect  that Arsene Lupin's last name is pronounced very
differently from that of our Remus Lupin, but I won't take further
chances with the francophiles around here – let them enlighten us.

Neri