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Notable gentlemen thieves in literature include E. W. Hornung 's A.J. Raffles or Maurice Leblanc 's Arsène Lupin . Both utilise cunning disguises and are superb at stealing while maintaining a sophisticated front. Raffles steals mostly when he is especially "hard-up", in need of money. On the other hand, Lupin steals more from the rich who don't appreciate art or their treasures and redistributes it (not unlike a modern Robin Hood ). Lupin has also assisted the police, but he is primarily a thief, even having outwitted Sherlock Holmes (as the thinly veiled "Hemlock Shomes"). |
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