Gentlemen and Players (short story)

"Gentlemen and Players"
Short story by E. W. Hornung
1898 Collier's illustration by E. V. Nadherny
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Crime fiction
Publication
PublisherCassell & Co
Media typePrint (Magazine)
Publication dateAugust 1898
Chronology
SeriesA. J. Raffles
 
A Costume Piece
 
Le Premier Pas

"Gentlemen and Players" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in August 1898 by Cassell's Magazine.[1] The story was also included in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.[2]

  1. ^ Rowland, page 283.
  2. ^ Rowland, page 280.