French master of the detective adventure genre Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) entered the world literature as the creator of a series of novels about the adventures of Arsene Lupin - a gentleman thief, a burglar with high society manners and at the same time a fighter for justice. The three-volume works of Leblanc opens with his famous "Rope Dancer," translated into many languages ​ ​ of the world. The book also features his first underworld Don Quixote novels: "Arsene Lupin vs. Hurlock Scholms," "Hollow Needle" and "Eight Strokes of the Wall Clock."