Mr. Justice Raffles /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
[Auckland, N.Z.] :
Floating Press,
Ã2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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, and its up to Raffles to teach him a lesson. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (350 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781775415121 1775415120 |