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	Raffles, Gentleman Thug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hornung's Raffles the Thief character, the main difference being that this Raffles is very much a 21st century hooligan despite his use of Victorian language.
		Raffles often uses modern-day techniques during his daily escapades - in a recent episode, he broke a wine bottle and stabbed someone with it (today known as "glassing") and used a Stanley knife to threaten someone into giving him their wallet.
		Raffles is always accompanied by his loyal friend Bunny and has other acquaintances such as Dave, Lord of Bermondsey (a notorious section of South East London) and the 3rd Earl of Burberry (a reference to Burberry, the fashion brand of choice for Britain's chavs).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raffles,_Gentleman_Thug (431 words)

	::Strand Magazine::
		Raffles, the perpetual houseguest, mingles with the upper class but is, in fact, a jewel thief—a master cracksman who makes his living by stealing from his wealthy acquaintances.
		Raffles’ abstract justification at the conclusion of the first story, "The Ides of March," that "the distribution of wealth is very wrong to begin with" achieves concrete expression in a number of later stories.
		Raffles is one of the few literary characters who successfully outlived his creator and who remains recognizable to later generations of readers.
	www.strandmag.com /raffles.htm (2414 words)

	Raffles by E. W. Hornung: III
		But Raffles paid no attention to their fire; he was pointing downward through the bushes to where Corporal Connal stood with his back to us, shooing a last charger out of the mouth of the donga towards the Boer trenches.
		Raffles at his back, with his right wrist twisted round and pinned into the small of it, soon told him that, and I think the words must have been the first intimation that he had as to who his assailants were.
		Somehow I thought that Raffles was going to smile, but the grim set of his mouth never altered, neither was there any change in the ashy pallor which had come over him in the donga when Connal mouthed his name.
	www.online-literature.com /ew-hornung/raffles/14 (2571 words)

	Raffles and Miss Blandish (1944) by George Orwell
		Raffles is presented to us and this is rubbed home in countless scraps of dialogue and casual remarks — not as an honest man who has gone astray, but as a public-school man who has gone astray.
		Neither Raffles nor Bunny appears to feel at all strongly that stealing is wrong in itself, though Raffles does once justify himself by the casual remark that "the distribution of property is all wrong anyway." They think of themselves not as sinners but as renegades, or simply as outcasts.
		Raffles now belongs irrevocably to the "cohorts of the damned." He can still commit successful burglaries, but there is no way back into Paradise, which means Piccadilly and the M.C.C. According to the public-school code there is only one means of rehabilitation: death in battle.
	gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca /Orwell-C.htm (4715 words)

	BBC News \| TV AND RADIO \| White City turnstile shock
		Raffles is not as well known now as it has been but David Niven famously played the so-called amateur cracksman in a 1940 movie and overall he's been portrayed at least eight times on screen.
		Raffles was also not above using Bunny's innocence and naïve heart to his own ends, leaving both Bunny and we aching for the betrayal.
		And since Raffles seems to do his crimes for the fun and the glory instead of the need and the class revenge that the original did, Nigel Havers just cannot make up the difference and get us to be involved with him.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1411786.stm (616 words)

	The Other Side of Sherlock - February 15, 2006 - The New York Sun
		Raffles, unlike Holmes, is supremely clubbable, but like Holmes he views crime as an intellectual challenge, a test of wits.
		An audacious theft, such as pinching the diamond and sapphire necklace of the Dowager-Marchioness of Melrose straight from her wattled throat or filching a colossal pearl from the grim clutch of its "Teutonic" guardian on a Mediterranean cruise, tickles Raffles's fancy because of the sport involved.
		Perhaps the most absurd instance of this outmoded code occurs when Raffles purloins a pearl en route to the German kaiser and after many twists and turns, which land poor Bunny in the slammer, ends up mailing the jewel anonymously to Queen Victoria as a belated present for her jubilee.
	www.nysun.com /article/27605 (1002 words)

	A.J. Raffles
		Bunny admitted to Raffles that he had written cheques to pay gambling without having the money to cover them, and was now considering suicide rather than face the dishonour; Raffles suggested to him a different course, and had him assist in the burglary of a jewelry shop.
		While a thief, Raffles always remained a gentleman as well, a staunch patriot and lover of the monarchy, who would sometimes use his larcenous skills in the cause of moral justice, to right some wrong.
		Comments: Raffles was created by Ernest William Hornung, who was brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (through marriage to Doyle's sister Constance) - which means that the creator of England's greatest Victorian thief was brother-in-law to the creator of England's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes.
	www.internationalhero.co.uk /r/raffles.htm (722 words)

	Raffles - E W Hornung (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Probably the most famous thief of all fiction, Raffles was a man-about-town and famous cricketer by day and a master burglar by night.
		Raffles has been called "the greatest cracksman in the literature of roguery" by the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, while Ellery Queen has described Raffles as the “inspiration for the whole school of devil-may-care adventurers on the borderlines of the law, not least the eponymous James Bond.”
		"Raffles is amazing; his resource is perfect; he talks like a gentleman and acts like one, except when occupied with pressing business in another man's house, at midnight, and naturally he has a 'cool nerve,' a nerve positively arctic.
	www.discoveringbooks.com /raffles (369 words)

	Raffles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Raffles is a 2 year old (as of 2002) male ferret.
		He was named after the fictional character, A.J. Raffles, that appeared in a number of stories by E.W. Hornung that were released in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
		Instead of being a thief he is an explorer that can find his way into all sorts of places.
	www.ourlair.com /pets/raffles.htm (377 words)

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		Generally, it is acknowledged that the Raffles stories were inspired by Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales; Hornung was the brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
		Hornung's dedication in his first collection of Raffles stories, "The Amateur Cracksman", reads, "To A. This Form of Flattery." Sherlock Holmes was the master detective; A. Raffles was the master thief.
		Mackenzie is resolved to bring Raffles to justice and is assisted in his efforts by Sergeant Clyde.
	www.old-time.com /otrlogs2/raffles_sw.log.txt (757 words)

	Raffles (1930) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Raffles the English gentleman has a discreet sideline as a burglar and jewel thief.
		On the cricket field at Lord Melrose's place, Raffles is of course dashing, and wins the game (even though he was not supposed to be playing - he invited himself along for the weekend at the last minute).
		The cricket match is fun, and tolerably well done, though Raffles' bowling action is highly dubious and the umpire's position would make lbw decisions interesting to say the least.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0021281 (674 words)

	Raffles: Chapter 8
		Raffles woke me to hear “The Absent-Minded Beggar” on the morning it appeared; he was one of the first substantial subscribers to the fund.
		Their fight lasted twenty minutes, and Raffles was marked, but the net result was dreadfully conventional, for the bully was a bully no more.
		But it was not a minute before Raffles came to me through the whistling scud, and in another I was on my back behind a shallow rock, with him kneeling over me and unrolling my bandage in the teeth of that murderous fire.
	www.kellscraft.com /Raffles/RafflesCh08.html (6555 words)

	New Albion Press presents Raffles: A Thief in the Night, by E.W. Hornung
		Raffles is E.W. Hornung's immensely popular gentleman thief, a delight of which the Times Literary Supplement says: Hornung's Raffles re-reads at least as well as, if not better than, all except the very best of Sherlock Holmes.
		Both Raffles and his perpetual sidekick, Bunny, revisit old haunts, take on both fiendish mancatching traps and wicked cricket wickets, and distinguish themselves with schemes worthy of the greatest burglars in Britain's history.
		Described as one of the "greatest mythic figures of the 20th century", Raffles himself grows a little older and wiser in the final volume, but remains a trickster and rogue capable of outfoxing everyone around him.
	www.scorpiusdigital.com /newalbionpress/bookpages/thiefnt.html (383 words)

	raffles
		His favoured method is to chew his way in from the bottom of the bag. I have even tried to hide the bag, but they think this is just some odd fun version of training where they hunt the “Crunchie”.
		Raffles and the Ram Raider first appeared in a LM Club magazine.
		We are aware that chocolate is dangerous to dogs, and the author has now taken steps to ensure there is never a large amount of chocolate left in his bag at any time.
	www.ichbinandelle.homestead.com /raffles.html (386 words)

	George Orwell: Raffles and Miss Blandish
		At this date, the charm of Raffles is partly in the period atmosphere and partly in the technical excellence of the stories.
		Neither Raffles nor Bunny appears to feel at all strongly that stealing is wrong in itself, though Raffles does once justify himself by the casual remark that ‘the distribution of property is all wrong anyway’.
		Raffles, no less than Great Expectations or Le Rouge et le Noir, is a story of snobbery, and it gains a great deal from the precariousness of Raffles's social position.
	orwell.ru /library/reviews/chase/english/e_bland (5150 words)

	E. W. Hornung - Biography and Works
		Some compare the `on the wrong side of the law' duo Raffles and Bunny to Arthur Conan Doyle's pair of sleuths Holmes and Watson, but it is also said that they drew parallels to the lives of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas.
		The Raffles stories would be adapted for the stage and screen including a popular television series in the 1970s.
		A Thief In The Night (1905), Fathers of Men (1912), regarded as one of his better novels and Witching Hill (1913), which largely went unnoticed followed.
	www.online-literature.com /ew-hornung (676 words)

	Raffles - E. W. Hornung - Penguin UK
		Gentleman thief Raffles is daring, debonair, devilishly handsome – and a first-class cricketer.
		In these eight stories the master burglar indulges his passion for cricket and crime: thieving jewels from a country house, outwitting the law, stealing from the nouveau riche, and, of course, bowling like a demon – all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick Bunny.
		Encouraged by a suggestion from his brother-in-law Arthur Conan Doyle to write a series about a public-school villain, and influenced by his own days at Uppingham, Ernest Hornung created a unique form of crime story, where, in stealing as in sport, it is playing the game that counts, and there is always honour among thieves.
	www.penguin.co.uk /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780141439334,00.html (212 words)

	Ernest William Hornung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The character of A.J. Raffles, a "gentleman thief," first appeared in The Strand and then in other British magazines during the 1890s.
		Other titles in the series include The Black Mask (1901), A Thief in the Night (1905), and the full-length novel Mr.
		After Hornung spent time in the trenches with the troops in France, he published Notes of a Camp Follower on the Western Front in 1919, a detailed account of his time there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ernest_William_Hornung (236 words)

	Raffles: To Catch a Thief - TV.com
		Somebody is setting himself up in opposition to Raffles as another gentleman thief, and Raffles doesn't like it, as he is being accused by Inspector Mackenzie of things which he did not do.
		Eventually Raffles pinpoints the thief as Lord Ernest Belville, and he and Bunny break into Belville's rooms in quest of some stolen loot.
		Eventually there is a confrontation between Raffles and Lord Ernest Belville, and things go very wrong indeed for one of them.
	www.tv.com /episode/175364/summary.html (171 words)

	Hornung (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The creator of the famous Raffles was born at Cleveland Villas, Marton near Middlesbrough.
		However, among Raffle's accomplishments is a command of three Yorkshire dialects, and the North East reader will spot that among his victims are Lady Kirkleatham and Lord Thornaby.
		A play based on Raffles ran for two years in London, and the character has been played on screen by Ronald Colman and David Niven, among others.
	pages.britishlibrary.net /alan.myers/lit/m-hornung.html (431 words)

	Raffles The Gentleman Thief : Harry Nile, Sherlock Holmes, Radio Mysteries Jim French Productions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Athletic, attractive, amorous and villainous — A J Raffles is virtually the mirror-image of Sherlock Holmes.
		Raffles is one of England’s most celebrated gentlemen cricketers, but his taste for the high life is more than he can afford legally.
		A J. Raffles, gentleman, brilliant amateur cricket player, and thief was created in 1898 by E. Hornung, brother-in-law of Sherlock Holmes creator...
	jimfrenchproductions.com /cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2 (605 words)

	'Raffles' thief steals £100k worth of jewels - UK News Headlines
		Detectives are warning the well-heeled resident of London's Hyde Park area to be on their guard against the dapper thief who slips into plush apartments during the day by picking the locks.
		Police's prime suspect is a man caught on CCTV cameras leaving a luxury complex in Bayswater with a plastic bag thought to hold jewellery belonging to banker Elena Badamiants.
		Russian oil consultant, Ms Badamiants, in her 30s, was left distraught when the thief made off with irreplaceable heirlooms from her bedside cabinet.
	www.lse.co.uk /ShowStory.asp?story=MK810181F (569 words)

	DVD review of Good Thief, The - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As Bob Magtagnet (or Bob la Flambeur or Bob the Gambler), Nolte is perfectly cast, a has-been thief, a poor sap, a drug addict who has to go through the hell of withdrawal before he can come to grips with his new job.
		Supporting Nolte is the femme fatale, the dangerous female familiar to all noir fans, this one a seventeen-year-old Bosnian girl, Anne (Nutsa Kukhianidze), whom Bob saves from the clutches of a nightclub owner bent on turning her into a prostitute.
		The protagonist of the movie follows in the tradition of the gentleman thief, a Raffles, an Arsene Lupin, or a Simon Templar, although a decided variation on the theme; and the movie itself follows the legacy of such famous cinematic heist flicks as not only "Bob le Flambeur" but "Rififi" (1954) and "Topkapi" (1964).
	www.dvdtown.com /review/Good_Thief_The/11010/1682 (1234 words)

	Raffles - Microsoft Reader eBook
		Raffles remains 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!
		The Herald Tribune says "Raffles is amazing; his resource is perfect; and naturally he has a 'cool nerve,' a nerve positively arctic."
	www.ebookmall.com /ebook/65136-ebook.htm (506 words)

	DVD: raffles (elephant volume) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		These are the adventures of A.J. Raffles, who in every aspect is the personification...
		The second collection of the BBC show "Raffles" is every bit as wonderful as the first, and well worth buying for fans of the BBC and period dramas in particular.
		He's a thief, a good one, and with best friend Bunny Manders in tow he robs from the...
	www.very-clever.com /dvd/raffles (258 words)

	Guardian \| 'Raffles' jewel thief absconds from jail
		A jet-setting jewel thief who lived a life of luxury by plundering the rooms of wealthy guests at top hotels all over the world has absconded from prison after being allowed out to attend a hospital appointment.
		Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt, 29, who modelled himself on fictional conmen such as the gentleman thief Raffles, was serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence in Standford Hill jail, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, after Scotland Yard seized him last year.
		The son of a Colombian diplomat, who speaks several languages and has 10 aliases, was allowed out of the low security prison for a medical appointment on June 6.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5218807-104770,00.html (370 words)

	UCW Entertainment Newswire - Jim French Productions, Inc. Announces a New Audio Drama CD Release: Raffles - The ...
		A contemporary of Sherlock Holmes, the character of A. Raffles debuted in England in the 1890's and was written by E. Hornung, brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
		In his autobiography Doyle wrote of his brother-in-law: "I think I may claim that his famous character Raffles was a kind of inversion of Sherlock Holmes…" Our current episodes are taken directly from the stories by E. Hornung and adapted by noted British writer M. Elliott.
		Full of fun and adventure, Raffles and his friend Bunny Manders will entertain you from the first listen, after all, they are very good at being naughty.
	news.ucwe.com /content/view/87/2 (379 words)

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