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The Adventures of A. J. Raffles - Boxed Set The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask, A Thief in the Night, Mrs. Raffles, R. Holmes & Co.【電子書籍】[ E. W. Hornung ]

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<p>The Adventures of A.J. Raffles - Boxed Set' is an anthology that celebrates the art of cunning and stealth through the gentleman thief archetype in early 20th-century literature. This collection spans a range of literary styles, from suspenseful thrillers to satirical comedies, encompassing the evolution of the crime genre during a period rich with sociopolitical change. It highlights some of the era's most innovatively structured narratives and character studies, showcasing how the figure of the thief can serve as a lens to explore themes of morality, justice, and social critique within a rapidly modernizing society. The authors, E.W. Hornung and John Kendrick Bangs, bring distinct voices and backgrounds to the collection. Hornung, known for introducing the character A.J. Raffles, a contemporary of Sherlock Holmes, reflects a deep understanding of British upper-class society and its shadows. Bangs, with his American humor and penchant for the fantastical, provides a delightful contrast that enriches the thematic depth of the collection. Together, these authors examine and challenge the societal norms of their times through their charismatic anti-heroes. This boxed set is essential for anyone interested in the intersections of crime, ethics, and societal commentary. It offers readers a comprehensive view of early detective and crime fiction through engaging and thought-provoking narratives. The Adventures of A.J. Raffles is not just a journey through thrilling escapades but also an invitation to reflect on the morality of the protagonists' choices within a historical context, making it a valuable addition to any literary collection.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 300円

Mr. Justice Raffles【電子書籍】[ E. W. Hornung ]

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First published in 1909, A Thief in the Night is the first novel detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. The novel is a darker work than the three preceding short story collections (The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night.) In it a more cynical Raffles finds a corrupt moneylender, Mister Brigstock, is entrapping the young sons of the wealthy with exorbitant interest on his loans, and its up to Raffles to teach him a lesson.画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 374円

R. Holmes and Company, being the remarkable adventures of Raffles Holmes detective and amateur cracksman by birth【電子書籍】[ John Kendrick Bangs ]

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<p>According to Wikipedia: "John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 - January 21, 1922) was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife."</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 132円

Raffles' Banded Langur: The Elusive Monkey Of Singapore And Malaysia【電子書籍】[ Andie Ang ]

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<p>Sir Stamford Raffles came across an unnamed new species in 1821 when he was documenting natural history in Singapore. This elusive primate, the Raffles' banded langur, was later named after him. This book is a one-stop resource for everything we know about the critically endangered primate that is only found in Singapore and Malaysia, including its distribution, diet, family structure, infant development, threats and conservation. The Raffles' banded langur is a large but slender-bodied monkey with black fur and white bands, while the infants are born with white fur and black bands. Exclusive high-quality photographs of the langurs are featured with family trees illustrating individually-named langurs. Interesting anecdotes about their personalities and behaviours are narrated. Living high up in the tree canopy, they eat a variety of local produce and exotic plants, from the red, juicy rambutans, stinky petai beans, to leafy angsana, perfumed wild cinnamon flowers and large sea almond fruits. This book showcases the diverse habitats of the Raffles' banded langurs, bringing us from the freshwater swamp forest in Singapore to the steep slopes of Gunung Lambak and the primary rainforests of Endau Rompin National Park in Johor, Malaysia. The book also highlights the cross-border conservation efforts and future plans to safeguard the long-term survival of the Raffles' banded langur, and promotes a better understanding and appreciation of our shared natural heritage.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 2,724円

Mr. Justice Raffles【電子書籍】[ E. W. Hornung ]

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<p>Raffles had vanished from the face of the town, and even I had no conception of his whereabouts until he cabled to me to meet the 7.31 at Charing Cross next night. That was on the Tuesday before the 'Varsity match, or a full fortnight after his mysterious disappearance. The telegram was from Carlsbad, of all places for Raffles of all men! Of course there was only one thing that could possibly have taken so rare a specimen of physical fitness to any such pernicious spot. But to my horror he emerged from the train, on the Wednesday evening, a cadaverous caricature of the splendid person I had gone to meet.</p> <p>"Not a word, my dear Bunny, till I have bitten British beef!" said he, in tones as hollow as his cheeks. "No, I'm not going to stop to clear my baggage now. You can do that for me to?morrow, Bunny, like a dear good pal."</p> <p>"Any time you like," said I, giving him my arm. "But where shall we dine? Kellner's? Neapolo's? The Carlton or the Club?"</p> <p>But Raffles shook his head at one and all.</p> <p>"I don't want to dine at all," he said. "I know what I want!"</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 133円

In Amazonia A Natural History【電子書籍】[ Hugh Raffles ]

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<p>The Amazon is not what it seems. As Hugh Raffles shows us in this captivating and innovative book, the world's last great wilderness has been transformed again and again by human activity. In <em>Amazonia</em> brings to life an Amazon whose allure and reality lie as much, or more, in what people have made of it as in what nature has wrought. It casts new light on centuries of encounter while describing the dramatic remaking of a sweeping landscape by residents of one small community in the Brazilian Amazon. Combining richly textured ethnographic research and lively historical analysis, Raffles weaves a fascinating story that changes our understanding of this region and challenges us to rethink what we mean by "nature."</p> <p>Raffles draws from a wide range of material to demonstrate--in contrast to the tendency to downplay human agency in the Amazon--that the region is an outcome of the intimately intertwined histories of humans and nonhumans. He moves between a detailed narrative that analyzes the production of scientific knowledge about Amazonia over the centuries and an absorbing account of the extraordinary transformations to the fluvial landscape carried out over the past forty years by the inhabitants of Igarap? Guariba, four hours downstream from the nearest city.</p> <p>Engagingly written, theoretically inventive, and vividly illustrated, the book introduces a diverse range of characters--from sixteenth-century explorers and their native rivals to nineteenth-century naturalists and contemporary ecologists, logging company executives, and river-traders. A natural history of a different kind, In <em>Amazonia</em> shows how humans, animals, rivers, and forests all participate in the making of a region that remains today at the center of debates in environmental politics.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 5,128円

Mrs. Raffles【電子書籍】[ John Kendrick Bangs ]

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<p>my toe while offering my apologies.</p> <p>An hour later, having dined heartily at Delsherrico's, I was comfortably napping in a Pullman car on my way to the Social Capital of the United States.</p> <p>Chapter 2 THE ADVENTURE OF THE NEWPORT VILLA</p> <p>There is little need for me to describe in detail the story of my railway</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 132円

A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures【電子書籍】[ Ernest William Hornung ]

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<p>This early work by Ernest William Hornung was originally published in 1905 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures' is the third book featuring the charming A. J. Raffles and contains a collection of fun short stories, including 'Out of Paradise', 'The Rest Cure', 'The Last Word', and many more. Ernest William Hornung was born in Middlesbrough, England in 1866. After working briefly as a journalist, and publishing a series of poems in The Times, Hornung created the character for which he is best-remembered: A. J. Raffles, a "gentleman thief" plying his trade in Victorian London.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,122円

【中古】Raffles [DVD]

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Ein Dieb in der Nacht Neue Abenteuer aus der Einbrecherlaufbahn des A. J. Raffles【電子書籍】[ Ernest William Hornung ]

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<p>Sie kennen Sherlock Holmes? Nat?rlich! Sie kennen auch Ars?ne Lupin? Gl?ckwunsch! Aber kennen Sie A. J. Raffles, den ber?chtigten Gentleman-Gangster?</p> <p>1900 schuf Ernest William Hornung (?brigens ein Schwager des Sherlock-Holmes-Autors Arthur Conan Doyle) einen der interessantesten K?pfe der englischen Kriminalliteratur und gleichzeitig einen fr?hen Antihelden.</p> <p>A. J. Raffles hat in Oxford studiert, hat exzellente Manieren, ist ein Mann von Welt und lebt das Leben eines reichen Dandys. Er ist der Partyl?we unter den Sch?nen und Reichen und nutzt deren Festivit?ten, um seine Beute auszukundschaften.</p> <p>Erleben Sie seine spannenden und ?u?erst unterhaltsamen Abenteuer erstmalig als E-Book.</p> <p>Null Papier Verlag</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 100円

The Doings of Raffles Haw A Timeless Classic【電子書籍】[ Arthur Conan Doyle ]

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<p>Robert McIntyre and his sister Laura have fallen on hard times. Their father has been driven into bankruptcy and near madness and alcoholism by commercial reverses and the death of his wife. The family has retreated to a house in the country, living on a small bequest from other relatives. Changes come with the arrival of Raffles Haw, a new neighbor both exceedingly rich and exceedingly eccentric. His generosity is unquestioned. His motives are another matter. Is Raffles Haw the solution to their problems, or another source of them? Robert and Laura will find out.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 242円

Raffles Double Feature DVD 【輸入盤】

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◆タイトル: Raffles Double Feature◆現地発売日: 2014/08/12◆レーベル: Warner Archives◆その他スペック: オンデマンド生産盤*/モノラル音声*フォーマットは基本的にCD-R等のR盤となります。 輸入盤DVD/ブルーレイについて ・日本語は国内作品を除いて通常、収録されておりません。・ご視聴にはリージョン等、特有の注意点があります。プレーヤーによって再生できない可能性があるため、ご使用の機器が対応しているか必ずお確かめください。詳しくはこちら ※商品画像はイメージです。デザインの変更等により、実物とは差異がある場合があります。 ※注文後30分間は注文履歴からキャンセルが可能です。当店で注文を確認した後は原則キャンセル不可となります。予めご了承ください。Meet A.J. Raffles, a charming English cricketer who hobnobs by day with British society, but robs them at night as a gentleman thief. First published in 1898 as a series of short stories Raffles soon became one of the most popular fictional characters of his time. Adapted to the stage as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman, the play was filmed twice during the silent era before Samuel Goldwyn acquired it as a sound vehicle for Ronald Colman. An Oscar nominated box office smash Raffles would be remade with David Niven, who, like Colman, was perfectly cast as the debonair thief. Raffles (1930). a safecracker (Colman) falls for a peer (Kay Francis) and vows to go straight, but soon attempts one last job to save a friend from disgrace. Raffles (1939). a burglar (Niven) gives up crime, only to stage one last robbery to help the brother of the woman (Olivia de Havilland) he loves.Raffles Double Feature DVD 【輸入盤】 4,324円

A Thief in the Nght, A Book of Raffles' Adventures【電子書籍】[ E. W. Hornung ]

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<p>Classic mystery/detective novel. According to Wikipedia: "Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 ? March 22, 1921)... was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London. Hornung was the third son of John Peter Hornung, a Hungarian, and was born in Middlesbrough, England. He was educated at Uppingham School during some of the later years of its great headmaster, Edward Thring. He spent most of his life in England and France, but in 1884 left for Australia and stayed for two years where he working as a tutor at Mossgiel station. Although his Australian experience had been so short, it coloured most of his literary work from A Bride from the Bush published in 1899, to Old Offenders and a few Old Scores, which appeared after his death. He returned from Australia in 1886, and married Constance ("Connie") Doyle (1868-1924), the sister of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1893. Hornung published the poems Bond and Free and Wooden Crosses in The Times. The character of A. J. Raffles, a "gentleman thief", first appeared in Cassell's Magazine in 1898 and the stories were later collected as The Amateur Cracksman (1899). Other titles in the series include The Black Mask (1901), A Thief in the Night (1905), and the full-length novel Mr. Justice Raffles (1909). He also co-wrote the play Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman with Eugene Presbrey in 1903."</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 128円

Raffles The Amateur Cracksman【電子書籍】[ E. W. Hornung ]

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<p>The cracking debut of A. J. Raffles, proper English gentleman and jewel thief extraordinaire</p> <p>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. Though frequently horrified by Raffles's actions, the conscience-stricken Bunny stands by him through all their adventures, firm to his promise, "When you want me, I'm your man!"</p> <p>In these thrilling stories, E. W. Hornung introduced the world to a duo as gifted at burglary as Sherlock Holmes and Watson are at detection. Full of sophisticated banter, hair-raising close calls, and nefarious schemes, Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman is a masterwork of crime fiction and irrefutable proof that there truly is honor among thieves.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 360円

A Thief in the Night A Book of Raffles' Adventures【電子書籍】[ E. W. Hornung ]

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<p>If I must tell more tales of Raffles, I can but back to our earliest days together, and fill in the blanks left by discretion in existing annals. In so doing I may indeed fill some small part of an infinitely greater blank, across which you may conceive me to have stretched my canvas for the first frank portrait of my friend. The whole truth cannot harm him now. I shall paint in every wart. Raffles was a villain, when all is written; it is no service to his memory to glaze the fact; yet I have done so myself before to-day. I have omitted whole heinous episodes. I have dwelt unduly on the redeeming side. And this I may do again, blinded even as I write by the gallant glamour that made my villain more to me than any hero. But at least there shall be no more reservations, and as an earnest I shall make no further secret of the greatest wrong that even Raffles ever did me.</p> <p>I pick my words with care and pain, loyal as I still would be to my friend, and yet remembering as I must those Ides of March when he led me blindfold into temptation and crime. That was an ugly office, if you will. It was a moral bagatelle to the treacherous trick he was to play me a few weeks later. The second offence, on the other hand, was to prove the less serious of the two against society, and might in itself have been published to the world years ago. There have been private reasons for my reticence. The affair was not only too intimately mine, and too discreditable to Raffles. One other was involved in it, one dearer to me than Raffles himself, one whose name shall not even now be sullied by association with ours.</p> <p>Suffice it that I had been engaged to her before that mad March deed. True, her people called it "an understanding," and frowned even upon that, as well they might. But their authority was not direct; we bowed to it as an act of politic grace; between us, all was well but my unworthiness. That may be gauged when I confess that this was how the matter stood on the night I gave a worthless check for my losses at baccarat, and afterward turned to Raffles in my need. Even after that I saw her sometimes. But I let her guess that there was more upon my soul than she must ever share, and at last I had written to end it all. I remember that week so well! It was the close of such a May as we had never had since, and I was too miserable even to follow the heavy scoring in the papers. Raffles was the only man who could get a wicket up at Lord's, and I never once went to see him play. Against Yorkshire, however, he helped himself to a hundred runs as well; and that brought Raffles round to me, on his way home to the Albany.</p> <p>"We must dine and celebrate the rare event," said he. "A century takes it out of one at my time of life; and you, Bunny, you look quite as much in need of your end of a worthy bottle. Suppose we make it the Caf? Royal, and eight sharp? I'll be there first to fix up the table and the wine."</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 402円

Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman【電子書籍】[ E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung ]

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<p>These "Further Adventures" is a collection of stories about the ever-popular amateur thief Raffles, following the success of "The Amateur Cracksman."</p> <p><strong>Arthur J. Raffles</strong> is a character created in the 1890s by <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._W._Hornung">E. W. Hornung</a>, brother-in-law to Sir <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, the creator of <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a>. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmes ? he is a "<a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman_thief">gentleman thief</a>", living at the <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Albany">Albany</a>, a prestigious address in <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London">London</a>, playing <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket">cricket</a> for the <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen_of_England">Gentlemen of England</a> and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. He is called the "Amateur Cracksman", and often, at first, differentiates between himself and the "professors" ? professional criminals from the lower classes.</p> <p>As Holmes has <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Watson">Dr. Watson</a> to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Manders">Harry "Bunny" Manders</a> ? a former schoolmate saved from disgrace and suicide by Raffles, whom Raffles persuaded to accompany him on a <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary">burglary</a>. While Raffles often takes advantage of Manders' relative innocence, and sometimes treats him with a certain amount of contempt, he knows that Manders' bravery and loyalty are to be relied on utterly. In several stories, Manders saves the day for the two of them after Raffles gets into situations he cannot get out of on his own.</p> <p>One of the things that Raffles has in common with Holmes is a mastery of <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disguise">disguise</a> ? during his days as an <a href="en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ostensible">ostensible</a> man-about-town, he maintains a studio <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment">apartment</a> in another name in which he keeps the components of various disguises. He can imitate the regional speech of many parts of Britain flawlessly, and is fluent in Italian.</p> <p><strong>NO SINECURE</strong> (Excerpt)</p> <p>I am still uncertain which surprised me more, the telegram calling my attention to the advertisement, or the advertisement itself. The telegram is before me as I write. It would appear to have been handed in at Vere Street at eight o'clock in the morning of May 11, 1897, and received before half-past at Holloway B.O. And in that drab region it duly found me, unwashen but at work before the day grew hot and my attic insupportable.</p> <p>"See Mr. Maturin's advertisement Daily Mail might suit you earnestly beg try will speak if necessary ーー ーー"</p> <p>I transcribe the thing as I see it before me, all in one breath that took away mine; but I leave out the initials at the end, which completed the surprise. They stood very obviously for the knighted specialist whose consulting-room is within a cab-whistle of Vere Street, and who once called me kinsman for his sins. More recently he had called me other names. I was a disgrace, qualified by an adjective which seemed to me another. I had made my bed, and I could go and lie and die in it. If I ever again had the insolence to show my nose in that house, I should go out quicker than I came in. All this, and more, my least distant relative could tell a poor devil to his face; could ring for his man, and give him his brutal instructions on the spot; and then relent to the tune of this telegram! I have no phrase for my amazement. I literally could not believe my eyes. Yet their evidence was more and more conclusive: a very epistle could not have been more characteristic of its sender. Meanly elliptical, ludicrously precise, saving half-pence at the expense of sense, yet paying like a man for "Mr." Maturin, that was my distinguished relative from his bald patch to his corns. Nor was all the rest unlike him, upon second thoughts. He had a reputation for charity; he was going to live up to it after all. Either that, or it was the sudden impulse of which the most calculating are capable at times; the morning papers with the early cup of tea, this advertisement seen by chance, and the rest upon the spur of a guilty conscience...</p> <p><strong>Ernest William Hornung</strong> (7 June 1866 ? 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Raffles">A. J. Raffles</a> series of stories about a <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman_thief">gentleman thief</a> in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppingham_School">Uppingham School</a>; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.</p> <p>In 1898 he wrote "In the Chains of Crime", which introduced Raffles and his sidekick, <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Manders">Bunny Manders</a>; the characters were based partly on his friends <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a> and his lover, <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Alfred_Douglas">Lord Alfred Douglas</a>, and also on the characters of <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> and <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Watson">Dr. Watson</a>, created by his brother-in-law, <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>. The series of Raffles short stories were collected for sale in book form in 1899, and two further books of Raffles short stories followed, as well as a poorly received novel. Aside from his Raffles stories, Hornung was a prodigious writer of fiction, publishing numerous books from 1890, with <em><a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bride_from_the_Bush">A Bride from the Bush</a></em> to his 1914 novel <em>The Crime Doctor</em>.</p> <p>The First World War brought an end to Hornung's fictional output. His son, Oscar, was killed at the <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres">Second Battle of Ypres</a> in July 1915. Hornung joined the <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA">YMCA</a>, initially in England, then in France, where he helped run a canteen and library. He published two collections of poetry during the war, and then, afterwards, one further volume of verse and an account of his time spent in France, <em>Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front</em>. Hornung's fragile constitution was further weakened by the stress of his war work. To aid his recuperation, he and his wife visited the south of France in 1921. He fell ill from influenza on the journey, and died on 22 March 1921, aged 54.</p> <p>Although much of Hornung's work has fallen into obscurity, his Raffles stories continued to be popular, and have formed numerous film and television adaptations. Hornung's stories dealt with a wider range of themes than crime: he examined scientific and medical developments, guilt, class and the unequal role played by women in society. Two threads that run through a sizeable proportion of his books are Australia and cricket; the latter was also a lifelong passion.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 381円

Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman【電子書籍】[ Ernest William Hornung ]

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<p>The Black Mask (published in some countries as Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman) is the second collection of stories written by Ernest William Hornung in the A.J. Raffles series concerning a Gentleman thief in late Victorian London.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 100円

Mr. Justice Raffles【電子書籍】[ E. W. Hornung ]

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<p>Raffles had vanished from the face of the town, and even I had no conception of his whereabouts until he cabled to me to meet the 7.31 at Charing Cross next night. That was on the Tuesday before the 'Varsity match, or a full fortnight after his mysterious disappearance. The telegram was from Carlsbad, of all places for Raffles of all men! Of course there was only one thing that could possibly have taken so rare a specimen of physical fitness to any such pernicious spot. But to my horror he emerged from the train, on the Wednesday evening, a cadaverous caricature of the splendid person I had gone to meet.<br /> "Not a word, my dear Bunny, till I have bitten British beef!" said he, in tones as hollow as his cheeks. "No, I'm not going to stop to clear my baggage now. You can do that for me to?morrow, Bunny, like a dear good pal."<br /> "Any time you like," said I, giving him my arm. "But where shall we dine? Kellner's? Neapolo's? The Carlton or the Club?"<br /> But Raffles shook his head at one and all.<br /> "I don't want to dine at all," he said. "I know what I want!"</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 484円

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RAFFLES, A GENTLEMAN-THIEF: 27 Adventure Tales in One Volume The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask - Raffles: Further Adventures, A Thief in the Night & Mr. Justice Raffles【電子書籍】[ E. W. Hornung ]

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<p>In 'RAFFLES, A GENTLEMAN-THIEF: 27 Adventure Tales in One Volume', E. W. Hornung presents a collection of thrilling tales featuring the charming and enigmatic character A.J. Raffles, a gentleman thief who navigates through various heists and escapades with charisma and wit. Written in a classic British style reminiscent of the late 19th century, these stories provide a unique blend of suspense, mystery, and humor that captivate readers with every page. Hornung's storytelling prowess shines through in the intricate plotlines and well-developed characters, making this book a must-read for fans of crime fiction and adventure literature. The moral complexities of Raffles' criminal activities and the cat-and-mouse game with the authorities add layers of depth to the narrative, offering thought-provoking insights into society and human nature. E. W. Hornung's personal experiences as a war correspondent and his deep understanding of the human psyche undoubtedly influenced the creation of the sophisticated and unforgettable character of Raffles, providing readers with a compelling and memorable literary journey. I highly recommend 'RAFFLES, A GENTLEMAN-THIEF' to anyone seeking an engaging and thought-provoking read that blends action, mystery, and moral dilemmas into a captivating narrative.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 300円

A Thief In The Night A Book Of Raffles' Adventures【電子書籍】[ E.W. Hornung ]

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<p>Classic Crime Press presents you A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures in a fantastic ebook edition.</p> <p>A Thief in the Night is a 1905 collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, featuring his popular character A. J. Raffles. It was the third book in the series, and the final collection of short stories. In it, Raffles, a gentleman thief, commits a number of burglaries in late Victorian England.</p> <p>Chronicler and accomplice Bunny Manders narrates additional adventures which he had previously omitted, from various points in their criminal careers. A full-length Raffles novel, Mr. Justice Raffles, would follow in 1909. It too was set before the Boer War, with Raffles in his heyday as a gentlemen thief.</p> <p>Stories included in the book are:</p> <p>Out of Paradise</p> <p>The Chest of Silver</p> <p>The Rest Cure</p> <p>The Criminologists' Club</p> <p>The Field of Phillipi</p> <p>A Bad Night</p> <p>A Trap to Catch a Cracksman</p> <p>The Spoils of Sacrilege</p> <p>The Raffles Relics</p> <p>The Last Word</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 129円

The Doings of Raffles Haw (Illustrated)【電子書籍】[ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ]

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<p>"I'm afraid that he won't come," said Laura McIntyre, in a disconsolate voice. "Why not?" "Oh, look at the weather; it is something too awful." As she spoke a whirl of snow beat with a muffled patter against the cosy red-curtained window, while a long blast of wind shrieked and whistled through the branches of the great white-limbed elms which skirted the garden.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 242円

The Doings of Raffles Haw,【電子書籍】[ Arthur Conan Doyle ]

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<p>The Doings of Raffles Haw, by Arthur Conan Doyle.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 90円

Mrs. Raffles: Amateur Crackswoman【電子書籍】[ John Kendrick Bangs ]

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<p>This is one of two short story collections as sequels to the <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Raffles">Raffles</a> books by E.W. Hornung.THE ADVENTURE OF THE <em>HERALD</em> PERSONAL (excerpt)</p> <p>That I was in a hard case is best attested by the fact that when I had paid for my Sunday <em>Herald</em> there was left in my purse just one tuppence-ha'penny stamp and two copper cents, one dated 1873, the other 1894. The mere incident that at this hour eighteen months later I can recall the dates of these coins should be proof, if any were needed, of the importance of the coppers in my eyes, and therefore of the relative scarcity of funds in my possession. Raffles was deadーkilled as you may remember at the battle of Spion Kopーand I, his companion, who had never known want while his deft fingers were able to carry out the plans of that insinuating and marvellous mind of his, was now, in the vernacular of the American, up against it. I had come to the United States, not because I had any liking for that country or its people, who, to tell the truth, are too sharp for an ordinary burglar like myself, but because with the war at an end I had to go somewhere, and English soil was not safely to be trod by one who was required for professional reasons to evade the eagle eye of Scotland Yard until the Statute of Limitations began to have some bearing upon his case. That last affair of Raffles and mine, wherein we had successfully got away with the diamond stomacher of the duchess of Herringdale, was still a live matter in British detective circles, and the very audacity of the crime had definitely fastened the responsibility for it upon our shoulders. Hence it was America for me, where one could be as English as one pleased without being subject to the laws of his Majesty, King Edward VII., of Great Britain and Ireland and sundry other possessions upon which the sun rarely if ever sets. For two years I had led a precarious existence, not finding in the land of silk and money quite as many of those opportunities to add to the sum of my prosperity as the American War Correspondent I had met in the Transvaal led me to expect. Indeed, after six months of successful lecturing on the subject of the Boers before various lyceums in the country, I was reduced to a state of penury which actually drove me to thievery of the pettiest and most vulgar sort. There was little in the way of mean theft that I did not commit. During the coal famine, for instance, every day passing the coal-yards to and fro, I would appropriate a single piece of the precious anthracite until I had come into possession of a scuttleful, and this I would sell to the suffering poor at prices varying from three shillings to two dollars and a halfーa precarious living indeed....</p> <p><strong>John Kendrick Bangs</strong> (May 27, 1862 ? January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist.</p> <p>He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis Nehemiah Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. Bangs.[1]</p> <p>He went to Columbia College from 1880 to 1883 where he became editor of Columbia's literary magazine, Acta Columbia, and contributed short anonymous pieces to humor magazines. After graduation in 1883 with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Political Science, Bangs entered Columbia Law School but left in 1884 to become Associate Editor of Life under Edward S. Martin. Bangs contributed many articles and poems to the magazine between 1884 and 1888. During this period, Bangs published his first books.</p> <p>In 1888 Bangs left Life to work at Harper's Magazine, Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Young People, though he continued to contribute to Life. From 1889 to 1900 he held the title of Editor of the Departments of Humor for all three Harper's magazines and from 1899 to 1901 served as active editor of Harper's Weekly. Bangs also served for a short time (January?June 1889) as the first editor of Munsey's Magazine and became editor of the American edition of the Harper-owned Literature from January to November 1899.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 385円

Insectopedia【電子書籍】[ Hugh Raffles ]

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<p><strong>A <em>New York Times</em> Notable Book</strong></p> <p>A stunningly original exploration of the ties that bind us to the beautiful, ancient, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with whom we share the world.</p> <p>For as long as humans have existed, insects have been our constant companions. Yet we hardly know them, not even the ones we’re closest to: those that eat our food, share our beds, and live in our homes. Organizing his book alphabetically, Hugh Raffles weaves together brief vignettes, meditations, and extended essays, taking the reader on a mesmerizing exploration of history and science, anthropology and travel, economics, philosophy, and popular culture. <em>Insectopedia</em> shows us how insects have triggered our obsessions, stirred our passions, and beguiled our imaginations.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 1,872円

The Adventures of Raffles & Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection - 60 Mystery Novels & Stories【電子書籍】[ Arthur Conan Doyle ]

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<p>In 'The Adventures of Raffles & Sherlock Holmes,' readers are treated to a fascinating amalgamation of intrigue and intellect, presenting a collection that marries the cunning of E. W. Hornung's gentleman thief, Raffles, with the deductive genius of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. This anthology achieves a harmonious blend of styles, seamlessly merging the suspenseful heists and moral ambiguities of Hornung's work with the meticulous, puzzle-solving narratives emblematic of Conan Doyle's stories. The inclusion of parodic pieces by John Kendrick Bangs introduces a delightful contrast, offering readers both homage to and a playful interrogation of these canonical figures. This diversity in literary approach not only offers a comprehensive view of early detective fiction but also underscores the enduring appeal of its archetypal characters. The contributing authors, each a renowned figure in their own right, bring a rich variety of backgrounds to the collection. Arthur Conan Doyle and E. W. Hornung, brothers-in-law in life, were pivotal in shaping the detective and crime fiction genres, while John Kendrick Bangs contributed significantly to the development of speculative and humorous fiction. Together, their works reflect the vibrancy of late 19th and early 20th-century literature, embodying the transition from Victorian to Edwardian literary sensibilities and highlighting the era's fascination with criminal masterminds and the detectives who pursue them. 'The Adventures of Raffles & Sherlock Holmes' is a must-read for aficionados of classic detective fiction. It offers a unique opportunity to journey through the shadows of London with its most beloved characters, through tales that are at once familiar and refreshingly original. This collection not only celebrates the genius of its contributors but also serves as a profound exploration of morality, law, and justice, encouraging readers to contemplate these themes anew. For anyone seeking to delve into the rich tapestry of crime and detective fiction, this anthology is an unparalleled treasure trove.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 300円

A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief: 27 Crime Tales in One Volume The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask - Raffles: Further Adventures, A Thief in the Night & Mr. Justice Raffles【電子書籍】[ E. W. Hornung ]

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<p>In 'A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief: 27 Crime Tales in One Volume' by E. W. Hornung, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through the world of the charming and elusive thief, A. J. Raffles. The book is a collection of 27 crime tales that showcase Raffles' clever schemes and daring heists, all written in a suspenseful and engaging literary style reminiscent of classic detective fiction. The stories are set in the late 19th century, capturing the essence of the era's fascination with crime and mystery. Hornung's attention to detail and intricate plot twists keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end. E. W. Hornung, the author of this captivating collection, was a prolific writer with a background in both fiction and journalism. His own experiences and observations of society likely inspired the creation of the enigmatic character of A. J. Raffles. Hornung's deep understanding of human nature and his ability to craft compelling narratives make 'A. J. Raffles' a must-read for fans of classic crime fiction and mystery novels. I highly recommend 'A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief' to anyone who enjoys a good mystery story with a charismatic anti-hero at its center. Hornung's writing is both entertaining and thought-provoking, making this collection a timeless classic in the world of detective fiction.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 300円