The Last Laugh

About “The Last Laugh”

"The Last Laugh" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, featuring the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. It was first published in April 1901 in Scribner's Magazine. The story was later included as the fourth entry in the collection The Black Mask, published by Grant Richards in London and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1901. The work is part of a series that centers on Raffles, a skilled and charismatic thief who operates with a code of honor. The story reflects Hornung's exploration of crime and character within the context of early 20th-century literature. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)