--- product_id: 15760958 title: "Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the Clock" price: "¥1889" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/15760958-arsene-lupin-in-the-eight-strokes-of-the-clock store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the Clock **Price:** ¥1889 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the Clock - **How much does it cost?** ¥1889 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/15760958-arsene-lupin-in-the-eight-strokes-of-the-clock) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the Clock: 9780809531424: LeBlanc, Maurice: Books Review: A classic collection of good old-fashioned Arsene Lupin adventures! - Continuing my review of most of the books in the Arsene Lupin series, I've come to the 11th, "Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the Clock." As one reviewer pointed out, this book was written after Lupin's adventures in The Hollow Needle and 813, and under the guise of Don Luis Perenna in The Golden Triangle, The Secret of Sarek, and The Teeth of The Tiger. Personally I thought the Don Luis Perenna trilogy were some of the weakest in the series (Although the Teeth of the Tiger was much better than the first two) but LeBlanc REALLY rebounded back well with The Eight Strokes of The Clock. In this book, Lupin (Or is it? LeBlanc makes it ambiguous in an author's note in the novel) under the disguse of Prince Serge Renine is out to win over the heart of one Hortense Daniel, who he takes along in eight different adventures as Lupin plays detective those in love and in dire situations of murder and intrigue out. A very Victorian romantic novel and very upbeat compared to many of the other Lupin stories, but Lupin still has that great wit and charm to him, the qualities that make him such a likeable character are really highlighted here, and overall it's just a great book. Review: Mysterious Differences between the French and English Versions - This is one of Maurice Leblanc’s series of light-hearted detective novels featuring an avatar of Arsene Lupin, “the French Sherlock Holmes”. “Les Huit Coups de l’Horloge” had rested on my night stand for months. I intended to read this classic in French to bolster my faltering fluency, but though I started several times, I was uncertain whether I was really “getting it”, and since it was a detective story, I was afraid I was missing clues. Then I hit on a happy solution: I found an English language version of the same book published by the Wildside Press, and alternated reading the French version and the English version, chapter by chapter. To my delight, I found that my French was better than I had feared; I was in fact, getting the gist of the story. To my perplexity, I found that this English language version often differed from the French, for reasons which were sometimes hard to discern. In one instance English prudery has something to do with it. The leading lady, Hortense Daniel, is married to a lunatic confined to a mental hospital. The mysterious Prince Renine (Arsene Lupin incognito) challenges her to accompany him on eight adventures, promising to cure her boredom. If he succeeds in all eight, including the return of a brooch Hortense lost years ago, it is implied that she will enter into a sexual liaison with him. In the French version, this is an accepted happy ending. In the English version, the husband conveniently dies half-way through the book, so that there is at least a possibility of a legally sanctioned relationship. In other cases the changes seem arbitrary. In “Le Cas de Jean Louis”, Renine saves a young woman who has tried to kill herself by jumping into the Seine, distraught because her fiancé, Jean Louis, has broken their engagement. Her father begs Renine to help her find the fiancé so that she will not attempt suicide again.. In “The Case of Jean Louis” the young woman is not suicidal, but very unhappy because her lover has disappeared and her father is forcing her to marry a man she hates unless he reappears. Renine gets involved because the young lady is a good friend of Hortense. Why the change? Why make the father into a villain? The girl is quite vapid, so we think less of Hortense for having made her a friend. The Wildside Press version published in 2003 gives no name to the translator, so there is no way to inquire why certain characters are omitted, chapters are arranged in a different order, and different reasons are given for events. It’s a mystery. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #7,473,072 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6,384 in Mystery Anthologies (Books) #6,926 in Classic Action & Adventure (Books) #22,082 in Crime Action & Adventure | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (9) | | Dimensions | 6 x 0.42 x 9 inches | | Edition | Wildside Press ed. | | ISBN-10 | 0809531429 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0809531424 | | Item Weight | 8.8 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 167 pages | | Publication date | October 5, 2020 | | Publisher | Wildside Press | ## Images ![Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the Clock - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81N4ZSEBFgL.jpg) ![Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the Clock - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71iae9sYhGL.jpg) ![Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the Clock - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31Sdigo9EDL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A classic collection of good old-fashioned Arsene Lupin adventures! *by B***O on May 1, 2013* Continuing my review of most of the books in the Arsene Lupin series, I've come to the 11th, "Arsene Lupin in The Eight Strokes of the Clock." As one reviewer pointed out, this book was written after Lupin's adventures in The Hollow Needle and 813, and under the guise of Don Luis Perenna in The Golden Triangle, The Secret of Sarek, and The Teeth of The Tiger. Personally I thought the Don Luis Perenna trilogy were some of the weakest in the series (Although the Teeth of the Tiger was much better than the first two) but LeBlanc REALLY rebounded back well with The Eight Strokes of The Clock. In this book, Lupin (Or is it? LeBlanc makes it ambiguous in an author's note in the novel) under the disguse of Prince Serge Renine is out to win over the heart of one Hortense Daniel, who he takes along in eight different adventures as Lupin plays detective those in love and in dire situations of murder and intrigue out. A very Victorian romantic novel and very upbeat compared to many of the other Lupin stories, but Lupin still has that great wit and charm to him, the qualities that make him such a likeable character are really highlighted here, and overall it's just a great book. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Mysterious Differences between the French and English Versions *by A***J on December 12, 2015* This is one of Maurice Leblanc’s series of light-hearted detective novels featuring an avatar of Arsene Lupin, “the French Sherlock Holmes”. “Les Huit Coups de l’Horloge” had rested on my night stand for months. I intended to read this classic in French to bolster my faltering fluency, but though I started several times, I was uncertain whether I was really “getting it”, and since it was a detective story, I was afraid I was missing clues. Then I hit on a happy solution: I found an English language version of the same book published by the Wildside Press, and alternated reading the French version and the English version, chapter by chapter. To my delight, I found that my French was better than I had feared; I was in fact, getting the gist of the story. To my perplexity, I found that this English language version often differed from the French, for reasons which were sometimes hard to discern. In one instance English prudery has something to do with it. The leading lady, Hortense Daniel, is married to a lunatic confined to a mental hospital. The mysterious Prince Renine (Arsene Lupin incognito) challenges her to accompany him on eight adventures, promising to cure her boredom. If he succeeds in all eight, including the return of a brooch Hortense lost years ago, it is implied that she will enter into a sexual liaison with him. In the French version, this is an accepted happy ending. In the English version, the husband conveniently dies half-way through the book, so that there is at least a possibility of a legally sanctioned relationship. In other cases the changes seem arbitrary. In “Le Cas de Jean Louis”, Renine saves a young woman who has tried to kill herself by jumping into the Seine, distraught because her fiancé, Jean Louis, has broken their engagement. Her father begs Renine to help her find the fiancé so that she will not attempt suicide again.. In “The Case of Jean Louis” the young woman is not suicidal, but very unhappy because her lover has disappeared and her father is forcing her to marry a man she hates unless he reappears. Renine gets involved because the young lady is a good friend of Hortense. Why the change? Why make the father into a villain? The girl is quite vapid, so we think less of Hortense for having made her a friend. The Wildside Press version published in 2003 gives no name to the translator, so there is no way to inquire why certain characters are omitted, chapters are arranged in a different order, and different reasons are given for events. It’s a mystery. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Eight strokes of genius *by E***Y on January 5, 2008* Though Lupin begins his career as a thief (a gentleman thief) and not as vicious, violent criminal as Fantomas, at some point in his literary life he becomes a force for good, and provides police with valuable help to solve crimes and mysteries. The reader will remember that after the death of Lupin's girlfriend in the Hollow Needle, Lupin disappears and we learn from 813 that in those three years in which he had been invisible he was actually working in the police force. Finally uncovered, Lupin provided the police with valuable help to solve the crimes/mysteries narrated in 813, then Lupin disappears, joins the Foreign Legion, returns to France in the teeth of the tiger and once again helps the police to solve a long chain of murders and other assorted crimes. Nowhere, Lupin's detective talents are as visible as in the 8 strokes of the clock--which Ellery Queen regarded as one of the 125 most important collections of short detective stories. In this book, after coming to the rescue of young lady, he invites her to follow him in his adventures. Some inventions and solutions provided by Leblanc are absolutely pure genius and it is a pity that half of the Lupin catalogue (including the countess of cagliostro and so on) are not available in English translation. But English-speaking Lupin-readers will be satisfied by these stories. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/15760958-arsene-lupin-in-the-eight-strokes-of-the-clock](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/15760958-arsene-lupin-in-the-eight-strokes-of-the-clock) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-10-09*