Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
of E.W. Hornung, Richard Lancelyn Green (Editor)
Series: A.J. Raffles, The Gentleman Thief #1
Description
Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome-and a first-rate cricketer. In these eight stories, the master burglar indulges his passion for cricket and crime: stealing jewels from a country house, outwitting the law, pilfering from the nouveau riche, and, of course, bowling like a demon-all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick, Bunny. Encouraged by his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, to write a series about a public school villain, and influenced by his own experiences at Uppingham, E. W. Hornung created a unique form of crime story, where, in stealing as in sport, it is playing the game that counts, and there is always honor among thieves.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240 pages
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Publication Date August 26th 2003
- First Publication 10/29/98
- Language English
- ISBN 9780141439334
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['United Kingdom']
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