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This book suits readers who like clever heists, gentleman rogues and Victorian London by gaslight. If you enjoy Sherlock Holmes and narrow escapes over rooftops, Raffles and Bunny will keep you company.
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What would you do if a telegram from a relative who despises you pointed you to a job as a sick man's nurse? Bunny takes it, and in a dark flat in Earl's Court he finds his old partner in crime, white haired and propped on pillows. Everyone believes A. J. Raffles drowned in the Mediterranean.
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman is a book of eight linked tales by E. W. Hornung, a brother-in-law of Arthur Conan Doyle. Bunny tells them in his own voice, a former prisoner who cannot stop following the finest cricketer turned burglar in London. You get wit, daring and a friendship under strain.
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- 1A dead man hides as a sick AustralianFree
- 2A jeweler is robbed with duplicate cigarette boxes
- 3Temptation, not planning, takes the golden cup
- 4An old song opens the story behind the white hair
- 5Lord Ernest hides his loot inside Indian clubs
- 6An old flame can undo a careful disguise
- 7A foggy night sends them into the wrong house
- 8War calls them to the Cape
- 9Loyalty holds the stories together
- 10Bunny's voice shapes every tale
Punkt 1 von 10
A dead man hides as a sick Australian
A telegram reaches Bunny in his Holloway attic on the morning of May 11, 1897. It points him to an advertisement for a male nurse, and it carries the initials of the relative who has just thrown him out. Bunny has barely a shilling, so he hurries to a flat in Earl's Court.
A young doctor named Theobald tells him he is applicant number thirty-nine. Inside a dark room that reeks of drugs, a gaunt old man called Mr. Maturin snaps orders at him. Then the old man sends Bunny to find cigarettes hidden behind a print of the Madonna. He blows a perfect smoke ring, and Bunny knows that ring at once. The invalid is Raffles, white haired and thinner, with the same steel-gray eyes.
Raffles explains in brisk sentences. He swam out to sea at sunset until night hid him, spent time in Naples, and came home as a dying Australian with no friends. He wrote the advertisement and the telegram himself. A secret life works only when one true friend shares it.
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- LengthAbout 52,900 words
- Reading timeAbout 3 h 40 min
Questions about Raffles: Weitere Abenteuer des Amateur-Einbrechers
What is Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman about?
It is a set of eight linked tales. A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief everyone thinks is drowned, returns to London in disguise and reunites with Bunny, while old enemies, a rival thief and a war close in.
Who are Raffles and Bunny?
Raffles is a famous cricketer and burglar with a code of honor and a taste for beauty. Bunny is his devoted friend and partner, a nervous writer and former prisoner who tells each story in his own rueful voice.
What does cracksman mean in the title?
Cracksman is an old slang word for a burglar, especially one who cracks safes or breaks into houses. Amateur is Hornung's joke, since Raffles is a gentleman who steals for sport and excitement as well as for money.
Is Raffles a real person, and when is the book set?
Raffles is a made-up character created by E. W. Hornung. The tales are set in the late 1890s, from the Diamond Jubilee year of 1897 into the Boer War, in real London places such as Earl's Court and the British Museum.
Is this book easy to read?
Each tale is a short, self-contained adventure with a clear plot and plenty of dialogue. Bunny's lively, humorous narration and the vivid London settings make the stories easy to follow and enjoyable to hear aloud.
Cite this edition
Hornung, E. W. Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/raffles-further-adventures-of-the-amateur-cracksman.
Hornung, E. W. (2026). Raffles: Further adventures of the amateur cracksman. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/raffles-further-adventures-of-the-amateur-cracksman (Original work published 1901)
Hornung, E. W. Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/raffles-further-adventures-of-the-amateur-cracksman.
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author = {Hornung, E. W.},
title = {Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1901}
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