This volume contains the complete collection -48 short stories and 1 novel-, involving RAFFLES -the best known thief of all times- and his family.
A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late-Victorian Britain, was written by Hornung and dedicated to his brother in law, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The narrative form is similar to Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, with Raffles and his partner Bunny Manders being the criminal counterparts to Holmes and Dr. Watson.
The last two books of short stories involving Raffles' wife and his grand son, Raffles Holmes, Esq., Detective and Amateur Cracksman, were written by Hornung friend and editor at Harper's, John Kendrick Bangs.
The six books included -5 collections of short stories-, plus one novel, are the following:
BOOK ONE: THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN
1.THE IDES OF MARCH
2. A COSTUME PIECE
3. GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS
4. LE PREMIER PAS
5. WILFUL MURDER
6. NINE POINTS OF THE LAW
7. THE RETURN MATCH
8. THE GIFT OF THE EMPEROR
BOOK TWO
RAFFLES: FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN
1. NO SINECURE
2. A JUBILEE PRESENT
3. THE FATE OF FAUSTINA
4. THE LAST LAUGH
5. TO CATCH A THIEF
6. AN OLD FLAME
7. THE WRONG HOUSE
8. THE KNEES OF THE GODS
BOOK THREE
A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
1. Out of Paradise
2. The Chest of Silver
3. The Rest Cure
4. The Criminologists' Club
5. The Field of Phillipi
6. A Bad Night
7. A Trap to Catch a Cracksman
8. The Spoils of Sacrilege
9. The Raffles Relics
10. The Last Word
BOOK FOUR
MR. JUSTICE RAFFLES (a novel)
BOOK FIVE
MRS. RAFFLES
I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE HERALD PERSONAL
II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NEWPORT VILLA
III. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. GASTER'S MAID
IV. THE PEARL ROPE OF MRS. GUSHINGTON-ANDREWS
V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE STEEL BONDS
VI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FRESH-AIR FUND
VII. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. ROCKERBILT'S TIARA
VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY
IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE HOLD-UP
X. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. SHADD'S MUSICALE
XI. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. INNITT'S COOK
XII. THE LAST ADVENTURE
BOOK SIX
R. HOLMES & CO.
I INTRODUCING MR. RAFFLES HOLMES
II THE ADVENTURE OF THE DORRINGTON RUBY SEAL
III THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. BURLINGAME'S DIAMOND STOMACHER
IV THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING PENDANTS
V THE ADVENTURE OF THE BRASS CHECK
VI THE ADVENTURE OF THE HIRED BURGLAR
VII THE REDEMPTION OF YOUNG BILLINGTON RAND
VIII "THE NOSTALGIA OF NERVY JIM THE SNATCHER"
IX THE ADVENTURE OF ROOM 407
X THE MAJOR-GENERAL'S PEPPERPOTS
A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late-Victorian Britain, was written by Hornung and dedicated to his brother in law, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The narrative form is similar to Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, with Raffles and his partner Bunny Manders being the criminal counterparts to Holmes and Dr. Watson.
The last two books of short stories involving Raffles' wife and his grand son, Raffles Holmes, Esq., Detective and Amateur Cracksman, were written by Hornung friend and editor at Harper's, John Kendrick Bangs.
The six books included -5 collections of short stories-, plus one novel, are the following:
BOOK ONE: THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN
1.THE IDES OF MARCH
2. A COSTUME PIECE
3. GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS
4. LE PREMIER PAS
5. WILFUL MURDER
6. NINE POINTS OF THE LAW
7. THE RETURN MATCH
8. THE GIFT OF THE EMPEROR
BOOK TWO
RAFFLES: FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN
1. NO SINECURE
2. A JUBILEE PRESENT
3. THE FATE OF FAUSTINA
4. THE LAST LAUGH
5. TO CATCH A THIEF
6. AN OLD FLAME
7. THE WRONG HOUSE
8. THE KNEES OF THE GODS
BOOK THREE
A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
1. Out of Paradise
2. The Chest of Silver
3. The Rest Cure
4. The Criminologists' Club
5. The Field of Phillipi
6. A Bad Night
7. A Trap to Catch a Cracksman
8. The Spoils of Sacrilege
9. The Raffles Relics
10. The Last Word
BOOK FOUR
MR. JUSTICE RAFFLES (a novel)
BOOK FIVE
MRS. RAFFLES
I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE HERALD PERSONAL
II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NEWPORT VILLA
III. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. GASTER'S MAID
IV. THE PEARL ROPE OF MRS. GUSHINGTON-ANDREWS
V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE STEEL BONDS
VI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FRESH-AIR FUND
VII. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. ROCKERBILT'S TIARA
VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY
IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE HOLD-UP
X. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. SHADD'S MUSICALE
XI. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. INNITT'S COOK
XII. THE LAST ADVENTURE
BOOK SIX
R. HOLMES & CO.
I INTRODUCING MR. RAFFLES HOLMES
II THE ADVENTURE OF THE DORRINGTON RUBY SEAL
III THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. BURLINGAME'S DIAMOND STOMACHER
IV THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING PENDANTS
V THE ADVENTURE OF THE BRASS CHECK
VI THE ADVENTURE OF THE HIRED BURGLAR
VII THE REDEMPTION OF YOUNG BILLINGTON RAND
VIII "THE NOSTALGIA OF NERVY JIM THE SNATCHER"
IX THE ADVENTURE OF ROOM 407
X THE MAJOR-GENERAL'S PEPPERPOTS
