Tuesday, December 18, 2012

A. J. Raffles (Spanish Covers)



"Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, a brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, a deliberate inversion of Holmes – he is a "gentleman thief", living in the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing cricket for the Gentlemen of England and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries."

This character has apeared in a Broadway play, several films (played by John Barrymore, Ronald Colman, David Niven and others) 

















3 comments:

  1. Are these covers for the original Hornung stories? These covers look so unique and hold very unfamiliar themes from the Raffles stories. I would love to read them if they're different!

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    1. Here is the original blog:

      http://eldesvandelabuelito.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/5479/

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