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CHAPTER II CHANGE AND CHANCE
CHAPTER III VERY RAW MATERIAL
CHAPTER IV SETTLING IN
CHAPTER V NICKNAMES
CHAPTER VI BOY TO BOY
CHAPTER VII REASSURANCE
CHAPTER VIII LIKES AND DISLIKES
CHAPTER IX CORAM POPULO
CHAPTER X ELEGIACS
CHAPTER XI A MERRY CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER XII THE NEW YEAR
CHAPTER XIII THE HAUNTED HOUSE
CHAPTER XIV “SUMMER-TERM”
CHAPTER XV SPRAWSON’S MASTERPIECE
CHAPTER XVI SIMILIA SIMILIBUS
CHAPTER XVII THE FUN OF THE FAIR
CHAPTER XVIII DARK HORSES
CHAPTER XIX FAME AND FORTUNE
CHAPTER XX THE EVE OF OFFICE
CHAPTER XXI OUT OF FORM
CHAPTER XXII THE OLD BOYS’ MATCH
CHAPTER XXIII INTERLUDE IN A STUDY
CHAPTER XXIV THE SECOND MORNING’S PLAY
CHAPTER XXV INTERLUDE IN THE WOOD
CHAPTER XXVI CLOSE OF PLAY
CHAPTER XXVII THE EXTREME PENALTY
CHAPTER XXVIII “LIKE LUCIFER”
CHAPTER XXIX CHIPS AND JAN
CHAPTER XXX HIS LAST FLING
CHAPTER XXXI VALE
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Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educated at Uppingham School; as a result of poor health he left the school in December 1883 to travel to Sydney, where he stayed for two years. He drew on his Australian experiences as a background when he began writing, initially short stories and later novels.
In 1898 he wrote "In the Chains of Crime", which introduced Raffles and his sidekick, Bunny Manders; the characters were based partly on his friends Oscar Wilde and his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and also on Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The series of Raffles short stories were collected for sale in book form in 1899, and two further books of Raffles short stories followed, as well as a poorly received novel. Aside from his Raffles stories, Hornung was a prodigious writer of fiction, publishing numerous books from 1890, with A Bride from the Bush to his 1914 novel The Crime Doctor.
The First World War brought an end to Hornung's fictional output. His son, Oscar, was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres in July 1915. Hornung joined the YMCA, initially in England, then in France, where he helped run a canteen and library. He published two collections of poetry during the war, and then, afterwards, one further volume of verse and an account of his time spent in France, Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front. Hornung's fragile constitution was further weakened by the stress of his war work. To aid his recuperation, he and his wife visited the south of France in 1921. He fell ill from influenza on the journey, and died on 22 March 1921, aged 54.
Although much of Hornung's work has fallen into obscurity, his Raffles stories continued to be popular, and have formed numerous film and television adaptations. Hornung's stories dealt with a wider range of themes than crime: he examined scientific and medical developments, guilt, class and the unequal role played by women in society. Two threads that run through a sizeable proportion of his books are Australia and cricket; the latter was also a lifelong passion.
