# Memoirs of Arsène Lupin — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Memoirs of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc.

- [Memoirs of Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/memoirs-of-ars-ne-lupin.md): The chapter recounts the early adventures and schemes of Arsène Lupin, focusing on his cunning and audacious exploits, including his encounters with various characters and his manipulation of events to his advantage.
- [I: Arsène Lupin at Twenty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/i-ars-ne-lupin-at-twenty.md): Ralph d'Andresy, secretly Arsène Lupin, infiltrates the château of La Haie d'Etigues and discovers a conspiracy led by Beaumagnan and Baron Godfrey d'Etigues to kidnap and murder a woman they call 'the infernal creature.
- [II: Josephine Balsamo Born in 1788](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/ii-josephine-balsamo-born-in-1788.md): The chapter introduces the enigmatic Countess of Cagliostro, who claims descent from the famous Joseph Balsamo. Baron Godfrey d'Etigues reads a memorandum detailing her mysterious background, her influence at the court o
- [III: A Tribunal of the Inquisition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/iii-a-tribunal-of-the-inquisition.md): Ralph d'Andresy observes a secret tribunal convened by Beaumagnan and his associates to judge Josephine Balsamo. Beaumagnan accuses her of multiple murders and attempted poisoning, but Josephine defends herself, pointing
- [The Sinking Boat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/iv-the-sinking-boat.md): Godfrey d'Etigues and Oscar de Bennetot prepare to execute a plan to drown Josephine Balsamo, but Ralph d'Andresy secretly intervenes, rescuing her from the sinking boat. After bringing her to a barn, Ralph declares his 

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- [V: One of the Seven Branches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/v-one-of-the-seven-branches.md)
- [VI: Detectives and Policemen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/vi-detectives-and-policemen.md)
- [VII: The Delights of Capua](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/vii-the-delights-of-capua.md)
- [VIII: Two Wills](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/viii-two-wills.md)
- [IX: The Tarpeian Rock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/ix-the-tarpeian-rock.md)
- [X: The Mutilated Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/x-the-mutilated-hand.md)
- [XI: The Old Lighthouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/xi-the-old-lighthouse.md)
- [Madness and Genius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/xii-madness-and-genius.md)
- [XIII: The Strongbox of the Monks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/xiii-the-strongbox-of-the-monks.md)
- [XIV: The Infernal Creature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/xiv-the-infernal-creature.md)
- [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/epilogue.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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