{"product_id":"raffles-the-amateur-cracksman-paperback","title":"Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. W. Hornung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicholas Daly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt for art's sake is a vile catchword, but I confess it appeals to me'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGentleman by day and thief by night, A. J. Raffles lives a double life. Taking 'Art for art's sake' as his motto, Raffles supports his debonair lifestyle by performing lucrative, artistic, and ingenious burglaries of the wealthy elite of Victorian London. Dedicated to his brother-in-law Arthur Conan Doyle, Hornung's first collection of Raffles stories, \u003cem\u003eThe Amateur Cracksman\u003c\/em\u003e (1899), can be seen as an inverted spin-off of the former's celebrated detective stories. But it is Raffles' outlaw status that has drawn generations of readers to these swift-paced tales of a charismatic and cool-headed thief and his less worldly partner, Bunny. Hornung had Oscar Wilde in mind as much as Sherlock Holmes when he created Raffles, and the account of their double life offers one of the turn of the century's most touching accounts of a same-sex couple. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrequently adapted for stage and screen, Hornung's original stories have never lost their power to captivate readers. Admired by writers like George Orwell, Graham Greene, and Anthony Powell, Hornung's crisp prose evokes a late Victorian London of clubland bachelors, hansom cabs, champagne suppers, Australian heiresses, and South African diamond moguls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. W. Hornung \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicholas Daly is Professor of Modern English and American Literature at University College Dublin, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. His publications include the monographs \u003cem\u003eModernism, Romance, and the Fin de Siècle\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), \u003cem\u003eLiterature, Technology and Modernity\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), \u003cem\u003eSensation and Modernity in the 1860s\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), \u003cem\u003eThe Demographic Imagination and the Nineteenth-Century City: Paris, London, New York\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), and \u003cem\u003eRuritania: A Cultural History\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2020). For Oxford World's Classics he has edited Baroness Orczy's \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Pimpernel\u003c\/em\u003e, Anthony Hope's \u003cem\u003eThe Prisoner of Zenda\u003c\/em\u003e, and Arthur Conan Doyle's \u003cem\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 7.78 x 5.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755187437856,"sku":"9780192866349","price":10.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7281a43c0eab98d5b3488b2a780a1eeb.webp?v=1780052341","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/raffles-the-amateur-cracksman-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}