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The Doings of Raffles Haw
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A speculative Victorian novel asking what happens when unlimited wealth is placed in the hands of a man determined to remake society.
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The Doings of Raffles Haw
Raffles Haw’s extraordinary fortune creates a social experiment that unsettles class, charity, labor, and personal freedom. Doyle turns an impossible premise into a debate about whether money can produce justice.
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The original English work was published in 1892 and the author died in 1930; the source edition must remain the original-language public-domain text without a modern translation.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
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CHAPTER I. A DOUBLE ENIGMA CHAPTER II. THE TENANT OF THE NEW HALL CHAPTER III. A HOUSE OF WONDERS CHAPTER IV. FROM CLIME TO CLIME CHAPTER V. LAURA'S REQUEST CHAPTER VI. A STRANGE VISITOR CHAPTER VII. THE WORKINGS OF WEALTH CHAPTER VIII. A BILLIONAIRE'S PLANS CHAPTER IX. A NEW DEPARTURE CHAPTER X. THE GREAT SECRET CHAPTER XI. A CHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION CHAPTER XII. A FAMILY JAR CHAPTER XIII. A MIDNIGHT VENTURE CHAPTER XIV. THE SPREAD OF THE BLIGHT CHAPTER XV. THE GREATER SECRET
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- 01Full text
- 02THE DOINGS OF RAFFLES HAW
- 03By Arthur Conan Doyle
- 04CHAPTER I. A DOUBLE ENIGMA.
- 05CHAPTER II. THE TENANT OF THE NEW HALL.
- 06CHAPTER III. A HOUSE OF WONDERS.
- 07CHAPTER IV. FROM CLIME TO CLIME
- 08CHAPTER V. LAURA'S REQUEST.
- 09CHAPTER VI. A STRANGE VISITOR.
- 10CHAPTER VII. THE WORKINGS OF WEALTH.
- 11CHAPTER VIII. A BILLIONAIRE'S PLANS.
- 12CHAPTER IX. A NEW DEPARTURE.
- 13CHAPTER X. THE GREAT SECRET.
- 14CHAPTER XI. A CHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION.
- 15CHAPTER XII. A FAMILY JAR.
- 16CHAPTER XIII. A MIDNIGHT VENTURE.
- 17CHAPTER XIV. THE SPREAD OF THE BLIGHT.
- 18CHAPTER XV. THE GREATER SECRET.
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