A. J. Raffles is a British fictional character – a cricketer and gentleman thief – created by E. W. Hornung. Between 1898 and 1909, Hornung wrote a series of 26 short stories, two plays, and a novel a
1904 Collier's illustration by J. C. Leyendecker
Bunny and Raffles in "The Ides of March", by John H. Bacon (Cassell's Magazine, 1898)
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Ernest William Hornung was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham Schoo
Raffles stories and adaptations
…A. J. Raffles is a British fictional character – a cricketer and gentleman thief – created by E. W. Hornung. Between 1898 and 1909, Hornung wrote a series of 26 short stories, two plays, and a novel about Raffles and his fictional chronicler, Harry "Bunny…
E. W. Hornung
The Old School of Uppingham School, Rutland, where Hornung developed his love of cricket
The first Raffles story was in the June 1898 issue of Cassell's Magazine.
A. J. Raffles, introduced in 1898