About “No Sinecure”
"No Sinecure" 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 January 1901 in Scribner's Magazine. The story was also included as the first 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 story is part of a series that centers on Raffles, a skilled and charismatic thief who operates with a sense of honor and style. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 1901