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The Amateur Cracksman

The Amateur Cracksman

Hornung, Ernest William

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Mystery & Thriller

ISBN10: 1387148559
ISBN13: 9781387148554
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Aug 6 2017
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmes - he is a gentleman thief, living at the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing cricket for the Gentlemen of England and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. He is called the Amateur Cracksman, and often, at first, differentiates between himself and the professors - professional criminals from the lower classes. As Holmes has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Harry Bunny Manders - a former schoolmate saved from disgrace and suicide by Raffles, whom Raffles persuaded to accompany him on a burglary. While Raffles often takes advantage of Manders' relative innocence, and sometimes treats him with a certain amount of contempt, he knows that Manders' bravery and loyalty are to be relied on utterly.

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