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Arthur J. Raffles is a character by E. W. Hornung. He is a
gentleman thief, living in a salubrious part of London, playing
Cricket and supporting himself through his ingenious burglaries. He
has a sidekick called Harry "Bunny" Manders who is brave and loyal,
frequently saving the day. Raffles is a master of disguise
imitating accents flawlessly. This book contain all the Raffles
stories, enjoy Hornung's unique crime stories, where, in stealing
as in sport, played by a devilishly handsome and charming master.
The Amateur Cracksman (the early period, in which Raffles really is
an amateur thief) The Black Mask (after Raffles's and Bunny's
exposure) (U.S. title: Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur
Cracksman), A Thief in the Night, Mr. Justice Raffles (novel).
The sequel to The Amateur Cracksman finds A.J. Raffles up to his
old tricks.
Hornung's gentleman thief made his first appearance in print in The
Amateur Cracksman in 1899, a collection of tales succeeded by
another short story series, The Black Mask, in 1901, and in 1905, a
final series, A Thief in the Night. In the latter volume, Hornung,
like several other authors before and since, decided to put an end
to his own literary creation. He came closer to succeeding than
Conan Doyle did with Sherlock Holmes, L. Frank Baum with the land
of Oz, or Ian Fleming with James Bond. In the final Raffles short
story, partly out of patriotism, partly in expiation for his life
of crime, A. J. enlists along with Bunny as soldiers in the Boer
War, and during a battle, Raffles is shot by enemy fire. But four
years later, in 1909, Hornung brought back his shady pair in Mr.
Justice Raffles, a novel that like Doyle's Hound of the
Baskervilles is not a resurrection but a reminiscence, a postscript
acknowledged as such in its final chapter.
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