Exploits of AJ Raffles and his Bunny

[ajs_bunny]

Before the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, there was A.J. Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman. The twenty-six short stories and one novel written round the turn of the century (1898-1909) by E.W. Hornung remains, like his brother-in-law's creation of Sherlock Holmes, one of the more endearing characters in English literature. But one, sadly, who has not

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[underdebate]

aww. <3 You have sufficiently intrigued me-- thieves and kind of adorable gayness? WHAT FUN. (Going to go check through the site and the comm now, whee.)

[ajs_bunny]

There's a bit of politically un-correctness considering that it was okay prior to WWII to say "the Jews" with a snort and all that, so I should warn you. But, really, there's not much of that. Mostly Bunny saying, "Oh my handsome, gorgeous Raffles! How dare you look at another person alive--male or female! Can I have your man-babies?!"

[kleenexwoman]

I just picked up a copy of the Collected Stories on this rec. I'm very excited!

[ajs_bunny]

Oh Fraptious Day! Kaloo Kalay! Not one but two intrigued personages have responded to my post! I picked up the collected short stories, that and the 1977 television series, both from my local library. The gayness nearly blinded me. They are quick and fabulous reads.

[kleenexwoman]

There's a TV SERIES? My day has been MADE. Off to do some pirating...

[ajs_bunny]

Oh yusssss. Anthony Valentine and Christopher Strauli (who is amazingly perfect as Bunny). There's a pilot that gets shown on ITV in England ever so often, but never got included in the DVD/VHS sets. The DVD sets are no longer available in North America (including Canada), but they are still available in England. And, of course, the Internets where nothing dies and old things come back to life.

There's a few movies in the '20s and '30s, and a recent remake on British television, but none of those compare to the slashiness that is the 1977 Raffles. (Except, of course, the BBC radio series from the '80s, or Graham Greene's play The Return of A.J. Raffles from the '70s....)