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The Black Mask is a 1901 short story collection by E. W. Hornung. It was published in the UK by Grant Richards, London, and in the US by Scribner's, New York under the title Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman.[1] It is the second collection of stories in Hornung's series concerning A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.
Author | E.W. Hornung |
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Language | English |
Series | A. J. Raffles |
Genre | Crime fiction |
Publisher | Grant Richards (UK) Scribner's (US) |
Publication date | 1901 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Preceded by | The Amateur Cracksman |
Followed by | A Thief in the Night |
Several of the stories were adapted for the 1977 Raffles television series.
Following the events of the final story of the preceding short story collection, the reputations of A. J. Raffles and his companion Bunny Manders are ruined. Raffles is assumed to have drowned in the Mediterranean, and Bunny has faced eighteen months in prison and is struggling to get back on his feet.
The eight stories in this collection follow their remarkable reunion, and their joint return to crime, though as hardened criminals rather than respectable gentlemen. The stories are in chronological order, yet each is mostly independent and can be read separately.
The collection begins with a Narrator's Note, which explains that Raffles and Bunny are no longer the dapper gentlemen thieves they once were, but are now hardened, professional criminals.
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