Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

Author : E.W. Hornung

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Highlights

English

Language

Penguin Classics S.

Edition

179

Pages

9781856132824

ISBN-13

1856132824

ISBN-10

Allen Lane An Imprint Of Penguin Books

Publisher

300 mm

Height

228 mm

Width

12 mm

Thickness

Hardcover

Binding

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.

This edition of Raffles stories contains a fascinating introduction discussing contemporary events that inspired the plots, placing the stories in their literary context and exploring the connection with Sherlock Holmes.