The Jepson domestic arrangements are commented on second-hand in Weldon's autobiographical writing. He was a member of the Square Club (from 1908) of established Edwardian authors, and also one of the more senior of the New Bohemians drinking club.Īs a literary dynasty: his son Selwyn Jepson was known as a crime writer his daughter Margaret (married name Birkinshaw) published novels as Margaret Jepson (including Via Panama) and as Pearl Bellairs and Margaret's daughter Franklin is the writer Fay Weldon. He was also a translator, notably of the Arsène Lupin stories of Maurice Leblanc. He was editor for a short period of Vanity Fair magazine, where he employed Richard Middleton, and did much to preserve the latter's memory. Edison Page for some of his many short stories, collaborating at times with John Gawsworth, Hugh Clevely and possibly Arthur Machen, long-term friends. This edition is translated from the French by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos and features an introduction by Emma Bielecki.Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863 - 1938) was an English writer, principally of mainstream adventure and detective fiction, but also of some supernatural and fantasy stories that are better remembered.

These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These stories were first published together in 1907 and this edition of the gentleman thief's very first adventures is the perfect place to start exploring his world of daring escapes, cunning disguises, and ambitious heists.

What follows are wonderfully entertaining and action packed tales that finish with a brief encounter with none other than Sherlock Holmes.

In the opening stories, Lupin is arrested, only to engineer his own incredible escape. And above all, he never takes himself too seriously. This French Robin Hood has charmed readers for generations.Ī master of disguise, Lupin steals from the rich, he outsmarts the police, and he's generous to those in need. The inspiration for the hit Netflix show, Lupin, Arsène Lupin is charming, clever, and bold. NOW OPEN! Charles Darwin: A Life in Letters

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