num_pages: 240
description: Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome-and a first-rate cricketer. In these eight stories, the master burglar indulges his passion for cricket and crime: stealing jewels from a country house, outwitting the law, pilfering from the nouveau riche, and, of course, bowling like a demon-all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick, Bunny. Encouraged by his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle, to write a series about a public school villain, and influenced by his own experiences at Uppingham, E. W. Hornung created a unique form of crime story, where, in stealing as in sport, it is playing the game that counts, and there is always honor among thieves.
language: English
title: Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
titlecomplete: Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (A.J. Raffles, The Gentleman Thief #1)
characters: A.J. Raffles, Bunny Manders
genres: Short Stories, Historical Fiction, Crime, Victorian, Classics, Mystery, British Literature, Adventure, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 2408
places: United Kingdom
series: A.J. Raffles, The Gentleman Thief
publisher: Penguin Classics