# Love and Sacrifice in The Confessions of Arsène Lupin

> Theme guide for The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc.

Romantic and familial love motivate acts of sacrifice and rescue, such as Yvonne d'Origny's desperate efforts to save her son, and Lupin's intervention to protect women in distress, though love is often entangled with danger and manipulation.

## Where it surfaces

- [II: The Wedding-Ring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/chapters/ii-the-wedding-ring): Yvonne's enduring, ideal love for Horace Velmont (Lupin) and Lupin's act of restoring her son.

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