Consequently he joined the Thalia Company as an amateur, which resulted in a rift between father and son. It does not matter much whether the employer is a professional or amateur sports club. Raffles appears: “The Black Mask” (1901, 8 short stories) “A Thief in the Night” (1905, 10 short stories) “Mr. He stole the match, the greatest criminal in cricket kit since Raffles the amateur cracksman last delivered a leg-break. be putting on an overcoat while you help yourself.' Well, I daresay I did so with some freedom, for this plan of his was not the less distasteful to me from its apparent inevitability. “The Amateur Cracksman” was very well received and spawned three follow-ups (two short story collections and one novel, all published by ePembaBooks) where Arthur J. He is called the Amateur Cracksman, and differentiates between himself and the professors - professional criminals from the lower classes. Hornung creates an anti-Sherlock Holmes a character who finds as much. Though frequently horrified by Raffles's actions, the. After stopping his old school friend, Bunny Manders, from a desperate attempt at suicide, Raffles introduces the unsuspecting Bunny to a new way of earning a living, burglary. Raffles, gentleman, cricketer, and thief.

Assisted by friend Bunny Manders and in constant pursuit by Scotland Yard, this gentleman thief’s escapades are as compelling as they are dastardly. In the eight short stories that make up Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1899), E. The Amateur Cracksman is the first collection of stories about A. Hornung's only child, a son, was killed at Ypres on July 6, 1915.

A renowned cricket player and London socialite, Raffles is secretly an ingenious master of thievery and disguise. He also co-wrote the play Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman with Eugene Presbrey in 1903. “The Amateur Cracksman” follows the exploits of Raffles as he robs Victorian High Society of their riches. In this collection, Hornung presents criminal A.J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian Great Britain.

Hornung, and the first one featuring his most famous character, A. Originally published in 1898, “The Amateur Cracksman” is a short story collection by E. This edition includes the following editor's analysis: Can Arthur J.

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