Raffles, the amateur cracksman

Author(s)

• Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
• Green, Richard Lancelyn

Bibliographic Information

Raffles, the amateur cracksman

E.W. Hornung ; edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Lancelyn Green

（Penguin classics）

Penguin Books, c2003

Note

Originally published: London : Methuen, 1899

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Ides of March/ A Costume Piece/ Gentlemen and Players/ Le Premier Pas/ Wilful Murder/ Nine Points of the Law/ The Return Match/ The Gift of the Emperor In these stories, Raffles, the public-school gentleman, mixes his aptitude for cricket with his passion for crime. Here we see Raffles stealing from the nouveau riche and outwitting the law, thieving diamonds and bowling like a demon, all with the help of his accomplice and ex-fag Bunny.

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Details

• NCID: BA66431787
• ISBN:
  • 0141439335
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: lvi, 179 p.
• Size: 20 cm.
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 823.8
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Hornung, E. W. (...Ernest William...), 1866-1921
  • LCSH : Raffles (Fictitious character)
  • LCSH : Criminals -- England
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646