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"The Knees of the Gods"
Short story by E. W. Hornung
1901 illustration by F. C. Yohn
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Crime fiction
Publication
PublisherGrant Richards
Media typePrint (Book)
Publication date1901
Chronology
SeriesA. J. Raffles
 
The Wrong House
 
Out of Paradise

"The Knees of the Gods" 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 as the eighth and final story in the collection The Black Mask, published by Grant Richards in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1901.[1] It is the only story in the collection that was not first published separately in serial format.[2]

  1. ^ Rowland, page 280.
  2. ^ William G. Contento (12 August 2017). "Series List". The FictionMags Index. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

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