Mr. Justice Raffles.
by
Hornung, E. W.
Title
:
Mr. Justice Raffles.
Author
:
Hornung, E. W.
ISBN
:
9781775569138
Personal Author
:
Hornung, E. W.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (351 pages)
Contents
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Title -- Contents -- Chapter I An Inaugural Banquet -- Chapter II "His Own Familiar Friend" -- Chapter III Council of War -- Chapter IV "Our Mr. Shylock" -- Chapter V Thin Air -- Chapter VI Camilla Belsize -- Chapter VII In Which We Fail to Score -- Chapter VIII The State of the Case -- Chapter IX A Triple Alliance -- Chapter X "My Raffles Right or Wrong" -- Chapter XI A Dash in the Dark -- Chapter XII A Midsummer Night's Work -- Chapter XIII Knocked Out -- Chapter XIV Corpus Delicti -- Chapter XV Trial by Raffles -- Chapter XVI Watch and Ward -- Chapter XVII A Secret Service -- Chapter XVIII The Death of a Sinner -- Chapter XIX Apologia.
Abstract
:
First published in 1909, A Thief in the Night is the first novel detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. The novel is a darker work than the three preceding short story collections ( The Amateur Cracksman , The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night .) In it a more cynical Raffles finds a corrupt moneylender, Mister Brigstock, is entrapping the young sons of the wealthy with exorbitant interest on his loans...
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
:
Raffles (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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| IYTE Library | E-Book | 1206421-1001 | PR6015 .O687 -- .H676 1909 EB | Ebrary E-Books |