The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung

"The Amateur Cracksman" by E. W. Hornung is a short story collection published in 1899. It introduces A. J. Raffles, a celebrated cricket champion and gentleman of London society who leads a secret double life as a jewel thief. Accompanied by his devoted friend Bunny Manders, Raffles executes daring burglaries targeting London's elite while evading the persistent Inspector Mackenzie of Scotland Yard. This collection of eight stories launched one of literature's most famous criminal characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William), 1866-1921
Title The Amateur Cracksman
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amateur_Cracksman
Credits Produced by Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Detective and mystery stories, English
Subject Criminals -- Fiction
Subject Raffles (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 706
Release Date
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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