In a story in which this character attempts to locate a Jewish lamp with a jewel hidden within it, he receives a letter from a rival informing him of that rival’s “tragic death,” and inviting him to the funeral. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this name of a character whose “friend and confidant” is named Wilson. That character received this name to avoid legal action after the publishing of a story in which he “Arrives Too Late.”
ANSWER: Herlock Sholmès [or Herlock Sholmès, Holmlock Shears, or Holmlock Shears; prompt on Sherlock Holmes or Sherlock Holmes by asking “what was the name changed to?”]
[10m] This mystery writer of the Belle Époque created Herlock Sholmès in their stories about the “gentleman thief” Arsène Lupin.
ANSWER: Maurice Leblanc [or Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc]
[10e] A Leblanc novel in which Arsène Lupin locates a crystal stopper inside a box of Maryland tobacco was inspired by this Edgar Allan Poe story, whose title object is similarly hidden in plain sight. Lacan’s Écrits (“ay-KREE”) begins with a “Seminar on” this story.
ANSWER: “The Purloined Letter” [or “La lettre volée”; accept “Seminar on ‘The Purloined Letter’” or “Le séminaire sur ‘La lettre volée’”]
<Taylor Harvey, European Literature>