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E.W. Hornung

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in Middlesbrough, The United Kingdom

June 07, 1866

Died

March 22, 1921

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Ernest William Hornung known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

In addition to his novels and short stories Hornung wrote some war verse, and a play based on the Raffles stories was produced successfully. He was much interested in cricket, and was "a man of large and generous nature, a delightful companion and conversationalist". ...more

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	Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (Raffles, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 2,742 ratings — published 1898 — 638 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (Raffles, #2) 3.72 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 1901 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thief in the Night (Raffles, #3) 3.74 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 1905	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Justice Raffles (Raffles, #4) by E.W. Hornung, 1stworld Library (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 1909 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Short Stories of Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman 3.97 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1996 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Raffles Collection 3.80 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1984 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Men Tell No Tales 3.13 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1899 — 332 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Raffles Megapack: The Complete Tales of the Amateur Cracksman, Plus Pastiches and Continuations by E.W. Hornung, John Kendrick Bangs 3.98 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow of the Rope 3.59 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1902 — 224 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman & the Black Mask 3.73 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A.J. Raffles, The Gentleman Thief (4 books)
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“Money lost -- little lost. Honour lost -- much lost. Pluck lost -- all lost.”
― E. W. Hornung, Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

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“I was afraid I wrote neither well enough nor ill enough for success.”
― E.W. Hornung, Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

tags: success, writing, writing-process

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“Again I see him, leaning back in one of the luxurious chairs with which his room was furnished. I see his indolent, athletic figure; his pale, sharp, clean-shaven features; his curly black hair; his strong, unscrupulous mouth. And again I feel the clear beam of his wonderful eye, cold and luminous as a star, shining”
― E.W. Hornung, The Complete Raffles Collection

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