Harry Manders (almost exclusively known as Bunny Manders) is a fictional character in the popular series of Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung. He is the companion of A. J. Raffles, a cricketer and gentleman thief, who makes a living robbing the rich in late Victorian British High Society. Bunny is the narrator in the original Raffles short stories and novel by Hornung, from the first short story “The Ides of March” (1898) to the novel and last story Mr. Justice Raffles (1909).
First Appearance “The Ides of March” (also published as “In the Chains of Crime”)in Cassell’s Magazine (June 1898)
First Publisher Eyre And Spottiswoode
Appearance List Collections: The Amateur Cracksman (1899, 8 short stories), The Black Mask (1901, 8 short stories), A Thief in the Night (1905, 10 short stories), Mr. Justice Raffles (1909 novel). Theatre: Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1903), The Burglar and the Lady (1906), A Visit from Raffles (1909). Film: Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1905), three short films released in Denmark in 1908, The Van Nostrand Tiara (1913), The Burglar and the Lady (1914), Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917), Mr. Justice Raffles (1921), Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925), Raffles (1930), etc. Radio: Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1934), adaptation of “The Ides of March” broadcast on 9 December 1941 on the BBC Forces Programme.
Description Harry Manders (almost exclusively known as Bunny Manders) is a fictional character in the popular series of Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung. He is the companion of A. J. Raffles, a cricketer and gentleman thief, who makes a living robbing the rich in late Victorian British High Society. Bunny is the narrator in the original Raffles short stories and novel by Hornung, from the first short story “The Ides of March” (1898) to the novel and last story Mr. Justice Raffles (1909).
