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The father of Lucy Rosebery, Prescott Rosebery, will not consent to his daughter marrying someone with so little social standing A.
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The father of Lucy Rosebery, Prescott Rosebery, will not consent to his daughter marrying someone with so little social standing and income. Raffles suddenly returns though — and one of his first tasks is to arrange a cricket match against a highly accomplished team, captained by Prescott Rosebery. The teams will be playing for more for than just pride however — and even the great Raffles will have to call upon a special player to help him win the day.
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The teams will be playing for more for than just pride however — and even the great Raffles will have to call upon a special player to help him win the day.
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Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. It's here, at last. Another delightful Raffles and Bunny adventure. Foreman recognises that the reader is invested in the plight of Bunny as much as in that of Raffles. This instalment celebrates their friendship more than any other.
Alarmingly there is a sense that this may well be the last Raffles adventure, but the clever reveals and touching ending should leave readers satisfied. This series has been a joy - blending old fashioned story telling with modern satire - since book one. Raffles is a famous gentleman cricketer, a marvellous spin bowler who is often invited to social events that would be out of his reach otherwise.
It ends when they are caught and exposed on an ocean voyage while attempting another theft; Raffles dives overboard and is presumed drowned. These stories were collected in The Amateur Cracksman. This turns out to be Raffles himself, back in England in disguise. Then begins their "professional" period, exiled from Society, in which they are straightforward thieves trying to earn a living while keeping Raffles's identity a secret. They finally volunteer for the Boer War , where Bunny is wounded and Raffles dies in battle after exposing an enemy spy.
These stories were originally collected in The Black Mask , although they were subsequently published in one volume with the phase one stories. Raffles was never quite the same after his reappearance. The "classic" Raffles elements are all found in the first stories: While Raffles and Bunny were based largely on Holmes and Watson, several of the Holmes stories, including the story of his return from the dead, were not published until after Hornung had published The Amateur Cracksman in , and The Black Mask in Doyle would return Holmes to life in " The Adventure of the Empty House " in October , a decision which his biographers agree was due to the success of the Raffles stories.
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Thus, while the pre-hiatus Sherlock Holmes stories were a primary influence for the Raffles stories, this relationship would later be reversed. The story of A. Holland as Captain Bedford. Former boxer "Gentleman Jim" Corbett played Raffles, who was portrayed as an American to match his casting. McCormick did not secure permission from either Doyle or Hornung to use their characters. A movie adaptation of the play removed Holmes but kept Raffles, again played by Corbett. Graham Greene wrote a play called The Return of A.
Raffles which differs from the Hornung canon on several points, including reinventing Raffles and Bunny as a homosexual couple. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the Raffles stories and adaptations. For the title character, see A. Retrieved 22 February CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. A Thief in the Night.