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Ladataan... The Best American Humorous Short Stories (1945)Tekijä: Robert N. Linscott (Toimittaja)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. This book added quite a bit to my awareness of early-to-mid 20th century humor. Not that I couldn't have thought of most of these authors if I thought about it, but who would have thought about whether Life with Father began life as a book? I ended up skipping a lot of the early stories that were heavy on the dialect, but all in all, this added quite a bit to my to-read list. James Thurber, Sally Benson, and Clarence Day top my list to check out. ( ) When I was in 6th grade, Sr. Marina, SSND (Catholic school survivors will recognize those initials), asked me to read a story aloud from our class reader. My test was to pronounce the word “zephyr,” and when I got it right, she asked me if I knew what it meant. I must have read it somewhere, because I said, “a warm wind.” I loved reading aloud, and the story was so funny, I had a hard time reading over the class’ laughter. I have tried to find that story, and this Modern Library edition published in 1945 represents my latest effort in that search. Many of the stories include dialect and slang difficult to decipher. A few I knew well, such as “Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry. All the great humorists of the first half of the 20th century are here. A lot of dated and “un-PC” humor but good laughs still abound. Some sound like routines from an old Marx Brothers’ film, and some are downright hilarious. The two by Ring Lardner, “Mr. and Mrs. Fix It” and “Three Without Doubled,” had me in stitches. I had forgotten how funny Lardner’s stories could be. My story involving a camping trip, mosquitoes, and bears (alas, all I remember) does not live in this book. The search continues. 4 stars --Jim, 3/24/09 näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Sisältää nämä:Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning (tekijä: Mark Twain) Journalism in Tennessee (tekijä: Mark Twain) Pigs Is Pigs (tekijä: Ellis Parker Butler) The Ransom of Red Chief (tekijä: O. Henry) Little Gentleman (tekijä: Booth Tarkington) Three Without, Doubled (tekijä: Ring Lardner) Mr. And Mrs. Fix-It (tekijä: Ring Lardner) Travel Is So Broadening (tekijä: Sinclair Lewis) The Crazy Fool (tekijä: Donald Ogden Stewart) The Little Hours (tekijä: Dorothy Parker) But the One on the Right (tekijä: Dorothy Parker) The Snatching of Bookie Bob (tekijä: Damon Runyon) The Night the Bed Fell (tekijä: James Thurber) The Night the Ghost Got In (tekijä: James Thurber) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [short fiction] (tekijä: James Thurber) (epäsuora)
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Short stories, American; Humorous stories, American; Fiction / Anthologies; Fiction / Humorous; Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Google Books — Ladataan... LajityypitMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.0108Literature English (North America) American fiction By type Short fictionKongressin kirjaston luokitusArvio (tähdet)Keskiarvo:
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