Mrs. Raffles: Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman

The narrator, a companion to a resourceful society woman who has taken up amateur thievery, recounts a string of witty capers in which they pilfer jewels, loot private safes, and stage clever deceptions. Each episode presents an ingenious scheme — disguises, impersonations, and hidden caches — described with comic precision and playful timing. Alongside the burglary plots the stories gently satirize upper‑class manners, social pretensions, and charitable rituals. The collection moves episodically from small domestic intrigues to bolder exploits, maintaining a light tone while resolving the narrator's precarious circumstances.