Raffles: The Gentleman Thief

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gptkbp:instanceOf novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:television_series
film
gptkbp:adaptedInto stage play
video game
graphic novel
radio drama
gptkbp:author gptkb:E.W._Hornung
gptkbp:character A.J._Raffles_is_a_cricket_player
Harry_Manders_is_a_writer
gptkbp:characterDevelopment gptkb:A.J._Raffles
gptkb:Harry_Manders
gptkbp:criticalReception generally positive
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired adaptations in various media
inspired other characters
gptkbp:firstPublished 1899
gptkbp:followedBy The Black Mask
gptkbp:genre crime fiction
gptkbp:influenced popular culture
detective fiction
heist films
crime dramas
anti-hero characters
thief archetype
modern heist fiction
literary thieves
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Sherlock_Holmes
Victorian_society
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:A.J._Raffles
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:A.J._Raffles
gptkb:Harry_Manders
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Complete_Adventures_of_Raffles
gptkbp:pageCount 320
gptkbp:plot features a double life
follows a gentleman thief
involves elaborate heists
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Grant_Richards
gptkbp:relatedTo gentleman thief trope
gptkbp:series Raffles_series
gptkbp:setting gptkb:London
late 19th century
gptkbp:style first-person narrative
gptkbp:theme crime
friendship
morality
gptkbp:wrote Harry_'Bunny'_Manders