Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (Dover Mystery Classics) - Softcover

Hornung, E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486823512 ISBN 13: 9780486823515

Verlag: Dover Publications Inc, 2018

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Reseña del editor:

Dashing man-about-town by day and thief by night, A. J. Raffles offered Victorian readers a new kind of hero, a morally ambiguous character who anticipated the hardboiled detectives of 20th-century crime fiction. Raffles' position as a professional cricket player and prominent member of society provides the perfect cover for his burglaries. These sparklingly witty stories, narrated by Raffles' admiring accomplice, inspired numerous stage and screen adaptations.

Biografía del autor:

In his youth, E. W. Hornung (1866–1921) was sent from his home in England to Australia to improve his health. He returned home to find his family destitute and resolved to restore their fortunes by writing popular books, a goal he quickly achieved with a series of tales about life in the outback. Inspired by the success of the Sherlock Holmes stories — written by his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle — Hornung created the celebrated Raffles adventures.

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• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0486823512
• ISBN 13: 9780486823515
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288