Trent's Last Case

Hi there - first posting to the group, so please forgive me if this
subject has been covered recently.

Has anyone here read TRENT'S LAST CASE? I've heard it referred to a
number of times, and it seems to have some kind of significance, but I
don't know what that might be...

Thanks,

Jonathan

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 07:33:40 -0700, Jonathan Hayes <jaze.DeleteThis@echonyc.com>
wrote:

 >Has anyone here read TRENT'S LAST CASE? I've heard it referred to a
 >number of times, and it seems to have some kind of significance, but I
 >don't know what that might be...

I haven't read this either, but I found the following paragraph with a
Google search at: <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Trent" target="_blank">http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Trent</a>'s_Last_Case

Trent's Last Case is actually about gentleman sleuth Philip Trent's
first case. The novel is a whodunnit whose unique place in the history
of detective fiction is due to the fact that it is at the same time
the first major send-up of that very genre.

Perhaps this is the "significance" you are wondering about. It also
appears the story is freely available online, thanks to Project
Gutenberg. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2568" target="_blank">http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2568</a>

Hope this helps.

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