Mr. Justice Raffles (Large Print Edition) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

E. W. Hornung (Author)

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Publication Date: August 18, 2008

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: BiblioLife; Large type edition edition (August 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0554230933
• ISBN-13: 978-0554230931
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cricketers and Usurers and Young Ladies, Oh My!, January 28, 2006

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This review is from: Mr. Justice Raffles (Hardcover)

For those following the exploits of A.J. Raffles & his amanuensis, the faithful Bunny Manders, this novel-length edition is a great augmentation to the Raffles oeuvre. Raffles finds his young friend, Teddy Garland, in embarrassed financial straits. Through extricating Teddy, Raffles & the inexorable Bunny find themselves matching wits with Dan Levy, a notorious loan shark. This incident proves to be a catalyst to the series of thrilling events which pit Dan Levy, a cunning foe, against our staunch anti-hero, Raffles.

Though mired by the heavy-handed Victorian anti-semitism embodied in the characterization (one may even say caricature) of Levy, the book, if considered in the light of the prevalent contemporary culture, is an enjoyable ride through the flipside of Holmesian England. If you can stomach the equivalent treatment of Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice", then you are prepared for the rife prejudice of Hornung's portrayal of Dan Levy.

This addition to the Raffles series also features a far more profound romantic side to Raffles than seen earlier in his dalliance with the young German lady in "The Gift of the Emperor."

All in all, a suspenseful volume worthy of the legend of Raffles.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great criminal from Conan Doyle's brother-in-law, February 1, 2004

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This review is from: Mr. Justice Raffles (Paperback)

H. R. F. Keating wrote (in Henderson's Crime & Mystery Writers) "I put E. W. Hornung's stories about A. J. Raffles, gentleman cracksman, squarely besides the Holmes tales of Conan Doyle (Hornung's brother-in-law). Both sets of stories seem to me to have that feeling of absolute rightness, perhaps the surest way of distinguishing that hard to define thing, 'the classic.'"