The Amateur Cracksman
1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Amateur Cracksman is an 1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung. It was published in the UK by Methuen & Co., London, and in the US by Scribner's, New York.[1] Many later editions (T. Nelson & Sons, 1914; University of Nebraska Press, 1976; et al.) expand the title to Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman. Some editions such as Penguin Books, 1948, retitle the collection simply, Raffles.
Author | E. W. Hornung |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | A. J. Raffles |
Genre | Crime fiction |
Publisher | Methuen & Co. (UK) Scribner's (US) |
Publication date | 1899 |
Followed by | The Black Mask |
It was the original short story collection by Hornung, featuring his most famous character, A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian Great Britain. The book was very well received and spawned three follow-ups: two more short story collections, The Black Mask (1901) and A Thief in the Night (1904), as well as a full-length novel, Mr. Justice Raffles (1909).