The Amateur Cracksman
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The Amateur Cracksman is an 1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung. It was published in the UK by Methuen & Co., London, and in the US by Scribner's, New York. Many later editions expand the tit
The Amateur Cracksman
A. J. Raffles
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Arthur J. Raffles is a fictional character created in 1898 by E. W. Hornung, brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, an inversion of Holmes
The Amateur Cracksman
…Penguin Books, 1948, retitle the collection simply, Raffles. It was the original short story collection by Hornung, featuring his most famous character, A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian Great Britain. The book was very well received and spawned three follow-ups: two more short story collections, The…
Raffles (right) lock-picking with Bunny's assistance, by John H. Bacon (1898)
Raffles (right) with Bunny after returning from Italy, by F. C. Yohn (1901)
Raffles using his rope-ladder, by Cyrus Cuneo (1905)
Kyrle Bellew in the Broadway production of Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1903)