Arthur J. Raffles (usually called A. J. Raffles) is a fictional character created in 1898 by E. W. Hornung, brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

A. J. Raffles is a British fictional character – a cricketer and gentleman thief – created by E. W. Hornung. Between 1898 and 1909, Hornung wrote a series of 26 short stories, two plays, and a novel about Raffles and his fictional chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.

Set in the late summer of the year 1900, the story revolves around the infamous burglar and cricketer, A. J. Raffles—presumed dead in the Boer War—who returns to Albany where, with his friends Bunny and Lord Alfred Douglas, he plots to rob the Marquess of Queensberry, partly for the money and partly for revenge against the Marquess for his ...

A.J. Raffles, fictional character, a charming thief who was originally featured in a series of short stories by E.W. Hornung that appeared in the Strand and other popular British magazines beginning in the late 1880s. The Raffles stories are narrated by his accomplice and former schoolmate Bunny

2023年6月11日 · Raffles, the perpetual houseguest, mingles with the upper class but is, in fact, a jewel thief-a master cracksman who makes his living by stealing from his wealthy acquaintances. His adventures are detailed by his friend (his Watson), Bunny Manders, a struggling journalist who first met the young Raffles while they were at school together.

The Amateur Cracksman is the first collection of stories about A. J. Raffles, gentleman, cricketer, and thief. After stopping his old school friend, Bunny Manders, from a desperate attempt at suicide, Raffles introduces the unsuspecting Bunny to a new way of earning a living, burglary.

Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, a brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmes — he is a "gentleman thief," living in the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing cricket for the Gentlemen of England and ...

Arthur J. Raffles, or just "Raffles" for short, is the central character in the series of novels written by E. W. Hornung, known as the "Raffles" series. He is portrayed as a charismatic, intelligent, and daring gentleman thief, often described as a "cracksman" who embodies both the allure of the criminal lifestyle and the charm of a Victorian ...

A. J. Raffles, gentleman thief, was once a household name, and his stories once rivaled those of Sherlock Holmes in popularity — and in fact Hornung and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were brothers-in-law. Hornung was married to Conan Doyle’s sister Constance.

Anthony "A.J." Raffles was a thief of London who became a member of Mina Murray's second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Raffles' reason for joining the League was due to being blackmailed when his burglary career was uncovered. He died in …