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- ID
- b4
- Title
- 'The Laugh'
- Genre
- Story
- Page Count
- 1
- Word Count
- 1850
- Publisher
- New Leader
- Publication Year
- 1926
- Document Types
- Comic Fiction
- Uncollected Antemortem
- Topics
- Tricksters
An early comic tale in a rural setting that concerns a young man, his rich aunt, and a sweetheart who tests his love.
One of three early stories not selected for Bates's first collection (Day's End and Other Stories).
In the New leader (London, July 16, 1926, xiii:40, p. 10) and the ebook edition of The Black Boxer Tales (Bloomsbury, 2016).
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