The Last Laugh (short story)
| "The Last Laugh" | |||
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| Short story by E. W. Hornung | |||
Count Corbucci, his men, and Raffles, 1906 illustration by F. C. Yohn | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Crime fiction | ||
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| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons | ||
| Media type | Print (Magazine) | ||
| Publication date | April 1901 | ||
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| Series | A. J. Raffles | ||
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"The Last Laugh" is a short story by E. W. Hornung. It features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in Scribner's Magazine in April 1901. The story was also included as the fourth story in the collection The Black Mask, published by Grant Richards in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1901.
The plot follows as a sequel to the events of "The Fate of Faustina".