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E.W. Hornung


Born
in Middlesbrough, The United Kingdom
June 07, 1866

Died
March 22, 1921


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".
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“Money lost -- little lost. Honour lost -- much lost. Pluck lost -- all lost.”
E. W. Hornung, Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

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

“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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