Raffles is Sherlock Holmes' polar opposite, a foil for great detectives and a man with all the immoral charms of a hero-thief, plus a remarkable ability at cricket. Raffles is the godson of Robin Hood, the model for Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief, and the inspiration of Leslie Charteris' The Saint. As the great reinvention of the trickster for the 20th century, Raffles convinces readers to throw away their scruples and follow along for wit, bold adventures, and thrilling suspense.
Perhaps it's fitting that Hornung's character Raffles is often compared with Sherlock Holmes, since E.W. Hornung was the brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!
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"I really enjoyed these short tales with wonderfully skewed morals and dashing British wit. Been meaning to read them for years, then Raffles showed up in LOEG and then I stumbled upon this collection. For fans of Sherlock Holmes and Victorian Britain. " — Andy (4 out of 5 stars)
"I really enjoyed these short tales with wonderfully skewed morals and dashing British wit. Been meaning to read them for years, then Raffles showed up in LOEG and then I stumbled upon this collection. For fans of Sherlock Holmes and Victorian Britain. "
" Word to the wise, ignore the notes - whilst interesting, the sheer volume of them does ruin the whippet-fast flow of Hornung's tales of derring-do by his criminal heroes and anti-Holmes and Watson, Raffles and Bunny. "
" Slightly spoiled by some ignorant racism in an early chapter. Still an entertaining read, told from the peculiarly passive viewpoint of the narrator about his exploits with the gentleman thief Raffles. "
" not as good as i had hoped - too many oblique references in my copy made the read staccato "
" It was occasionally hard to get through the turn-of-the-century British dialog, but entertaining in its own way. "
" E.W. Hornung, Arthur Conan Doyle's brother-in-law, looked at Holmes and Watson through a dark mirror and the result was A.J. Raffles and his companion Bunny. Not as good as its muse, but entertaining nonetheless. "
" The characters are kind of interesting, but the book is kind of boring. "
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