The Collected Raffles Stories
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hornug, E. W. / Hornung, E. W. / Bloom, Clive, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This entertaining collection ong>ofong> crime stories presents ong>theong> adventures ong>ofong> one ong>ofong> fiction's most enduring characters, ong>theong> hyper-elegant A.J. Raffles, man-about-town, thief, and "finest slow bowler ong>ofong> his generation." With his partner in crime, Bunny Manders, Raffles preys on ong>theong> rich, ong>theong> greedy, and ong>theong> unspeakably vulgar. His talents are exercised not only in London, but as far afield as Italy, Australia, and South Africa at ong>theong> height ong>ofong> ong>theong> Boer War. Throughout ong>theong>se exciting yarns ong>theong> emphasis on panache, with intensifying suggestions ong>ofong> fallibility, goes to ong>theong> heart ong>ofong> late Victorian attitudes and values.