Project Gutenberg 2012-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 286 Hering, Henry Augustus 1864 Hering, Henry A. Townsend, F. H. (Frederick Henry) 1868 1920 Townsend, Frederick Henry Townsend, F.H. The Burglars' Club: A Romance in Twelve Chronicles Produced by Emmy, Chuck Greif, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive. With gratitude to L.W. Curry, Inc. for their gracious permission to use their image of the cover of this edition.) "The Burglars' Club: A Romance in Twelve Chronicles" by Henry Augustus Hering is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative introduces the titular Burglars' Club, a whimsical society of men, chiefly ex-soldiers and sportsmen, who seek excitement through a unique pastime involving urban burglaries as a form of adventure. The reader is initially acquainted with Sir John Carder, an affluent merchant grappling with financial ruin, who inadvertently becomes embroiled with a burglar, setting the stage for unexpected camaraderie and twists of fate. At the start of the tale, Sir John Carder confronts his insolvency alone in his office at the warehouse, contemplating despair with a revolver at hand. Just as he contemplates a final act, a burglar enters, surprising him, and engages in a philosophical conversation, revealing the existence of the Burglars' Club and its peculiar entry fee—committing a burglary. The burglar, possessing a clever and charismatic demeanor, offers Sir John a lifeline by suggesting he could help with his financial troubles through connections with the affluent. This initial encounter blends humor, tension, and intrigue, leading to a farcical situation where both characters must navigate their circumstances together. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40897/40897-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en England -- Fiction Burglars -- Fiction Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Fiction Clubs -- Fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: British Literature 373168 2025-08-16T14:03:58.687631 text/html 354561 2024-10-23T11:05:36 text/html 993680 2025-08-16T14:04:04.589558 application/epub+zip 996650 2025-08-16T14:03:59.677552 application/epub+zip 199771 2025-08-16T14:03:59.167691 application/epub+zip 1113100 2025-08-16T14:04:08.397522 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1077347 2025-08-16T14:04:04.039533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282515 2022-09-18T17:16:47.852454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326472 2025-08-16T14:03:57.763582 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 306343 2024-10-23T11:05:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18289 2025-08-16T14:04:08.548534 application/rdf+xml 21758 2025-08-16T14:03:59.253620 image/jpeg 3264 2025-08-16T14:03:59.212578 image/jpeg 1038871 2025-08-16T14:03:58.756573 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia