Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (Penguin Classics S.) - Softcover

Hornung, E.; Hornung, E. W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141439335 ISBN 13: 9780141439334

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"One of the most remarkable triumphs of late nineteenth-century Romantic imagination"

About the Author:

Ernest William Hornung (1866-1921) was educated at Uppingham School and married to Conan Doyle's sister, Connie. He spent two years in Australia as a private tutor and worked briefly as a Clerk in London before devoting his time to writing. He wrote several novels but his fame rests upon his creation of Raffles.
Richard Lancelyn Green has edited several collections of Sherlock Holmes stories. He lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0141439335
• ISBN 13: 9780141439334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 179
• Editor: Lancelyn Green Richard