Saturday, June 07, 2008

Happy birthday, E. W. Hornung.

E. W. Hornung, Conan Doyle brother-in-law and creator of Raffles, the gentleman thief, was born today in 1866. He was dubbed by George Orwell "a very conscientious and on his level a very able writer" ("Raffles and Miss Blandish" 212).

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