Gentlemen and Players

About “Gentlemen and Players”

"Gentlemen and Players" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, featuring the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in August 1898 by Cassell's Magazine. It was later included in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York in 1899. The story is part of a series that centers on Raffles, a skilled and charismatic thief who operates within the social elite. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)