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What if the man robbing you has such good manners that you hardly know whether to feel angry or delighted?
In E. W. Hornung’s Stingaree, a polished outlaw rides through the Australian outback, robbing the rich and following his own code of honor. Stingaree does not rant or bully. His daring comes with grace, and the police remain a step behind. These separate adventure stories turn on danger, pursuit, and the charm of a criminal who refuses to behave like an ordinary thief.
Beside him rides Howie Clarke, a loyal companion who shares the risks and long journeys. Around them stretches a hot, thinly settled country of distant stations, rough tracks, and long silences. Each tale brings its own adventure and neat turn. Read one at a time or keep going: the light, episodic storytelling leaves room for both the chase and the warmth of loyalty.
What you’ll discover
- A rogue with manners Meet an outlaw whose courtesy makes his robberies all the more disarming.
- Loyalty through every chase Follow Howie Clarke as he shares Stingaree’s risks and brings warmth to the adventures.
- The heat of the bush Travel through vast distances, rough tracks, and the long silences of the Australian outback.
- An unusual code of honor Discover the personal code that sets this polished bushranger apart from an ordinary thief.
- A fresh danger each time Enjoy separate tales with their own dangers and turns, held together by one daring rogue.
Who will love it
For readers who love short adventure tales, charming rogues and the Australian bush, with loyal friendships, police pursuits and an outlaw’s code of honor.
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- A bushranger with the manners of a gentleman
- Loyalty is the outlaw's real strength
- The bush is a character in itself
- How the stories are told and what they say
Who’s who
- StingareeA polished, daring bushranger who robs with good manners and follows his own code of honor across the Australian outback.
- Howie ClarkeStingaree's loyal companion, who shares his rides and risks and stays by him through every chase.
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Stingaree
by E. W. Hornung · 1905
A courteous bushranger robs the rich across the Australian outback while the police try to catch him.
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A bushranger with the manners of a gentleman
Stingaree is the name the outlaw goes by, and the stories build everything around his style. He does not rant or bully. He holds up coaches, banks and rich homesteads with calm politeness, and he treats the people he robs as if they were guests at a rather unusual party.
This is the heart of the book's appeal. Hornung had already shown, with Raffles, that readers enjoy a criminal who behaves better than many honest men. Stingaree belongs to the same family. He is clever, cool under pressure and fond of fine things, and he seems to take as much pleasure in the performance as in the profit.
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What is Stingaree about?
It is a collection of linked adventure stories about Stingaree, a dashing bushranger in the Australian outback. He robs with charm and manners, helped by a loyal companion, while the police try to catch him.
Who wrote Stingaree?
E. W. Hornung, an English author who died in 1921. He also created Raffles, the gentleman burglar, and had spent time in Australia as a young man before he began writing.
Is Stingaree a true story?
No. Stingaree is a fictional character. Hornung drew on the tradition of Australian bushrangers and on his own time in Australia, but the stories are invented adventures from the early twentieth century.
The author
E. W. Hornung
1866–1921 · English crime novelist
Ernest William Hornung (1866–1921) was a British writer born in Middlesbrough, England. He lived in Australia from 1884 to 1886 before returning to England. He wrote the Raffles stories, including The Amateur Cracksman (1899) and A Thief in the Night (1905). He died in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France.
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