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Raffles
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Raffles

Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (Esprios Classics)
HardcoverKartoniert, Paperback
Verkaufsrang56762inErzählende Literatur
EUR25,10

Beschreibung

Ernest William Hornung (1866 - 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; 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. Aside from his Raffles stories, Hornung was a prodigious writer of fiction, publishing numerous books from 1890, with A Bride from the Bush to his 1914 novel The Crime Doctor.
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ISBN/EAN/Artikel978-1-715-62867-3
ProduktartHardcover
EinbandKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erschienen am26.06.2024
Seiten154 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Artikel-Nr.35244494
KatalogLibri
Datenquelle-Nr.A40733062
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Author and poet Ernest William Hornung was born on June 7, 1866, in Marton, Middlesbrough.Hornung was given the nickname Willie at a young age. The A. J. Raffles series of tales, which center on a gentleman burglar in late 19th-century London, is what made him most famous. His friends Lord Alfred Douglas and Oscar Wilde, as well as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, served as inspiration for several of the characters.In 1898, he published ""In the Chains of Crime,"" which introduced Bunny Manders and Raffles. In 1899, the collection of Raffles' short stories was published as a book for sale. In addition to his Raffles tales, Hornung was a prolific fiction author who produced a large number of works between 1890 and 1914.He wrote a lot when he was in France; his son, Oscar, was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres in July 1915. The strain of his wartime duties significantly deteriorated Hornung's already poor constitution.On the train, he had a chill that developed into influenza and pneumonia, which led to his death on March 22, 1921, at the age of 54. In the south of France, in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, he was laid to rest.

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