Author: Thomas L. Masson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368351230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
Author: Thomas L. Masson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368351230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368351230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
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Author: Josh Billings
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Mark Twain, American Humorist
Author: Tracy Wuster
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826274110
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Mark Twain, American Humorist examines the ways that Mark Twain’s reputation developed at home and abroad in the period between 1865 and 1882, years in which he went from a regional humorist to national and international fame. In the late 1860s, Mark Twain became the exemplar of a school of humor that was thought to be uniquely American. As he moved into more respectable venues in the 1870s, especially through the promotion of William Dean Howells in the Atlantic Monthly, Mark Twain muddied the hierarchical distinctions between class-appropriate leisure and burgeoning forms of mass entertainment, between uplifting humor and debased laughter, and between the literature of high culture and the passing whim of the merely popular.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826274110
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Mark Twain, American Humorist examines the ways that Mark Twain’s reputation developed at home and abroad in the period between 1865 and 1882, years in which he went from a regional humorist to national and international fame. In the late 1860s, Mark Twain became the exemplar of a school of humor that was thought to be uniquely American. As he moved into more respectable venues in the 1870s, especially through the promotion of William Dean Howells in the Atlantic Monthly, Mark Twain muddied the hierarchical distinctions between class-appropriate leisure and burgeoning forms of mass entertainment, between uplifting humor and debased laughter, and between the literature of high culture and the passing whim of the merely popular.
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn
Author: Arkady Strugatsky
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612194338
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A hilarious spoof on the classic country-house murder mystery, from the Russian masters of sci-fi—never before translated When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at the remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He’s there to ski, drink brandy, and loaf around in blissful solitude. But he hadn’t counted on the other vacationers, an eccentric bunch including a famous hypnotist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky teenager of indeterminate gender, and the mysterious Mr. and Mrs. Moses. And as the chalet fills up, strange things start happening—things that seem to indicate the presence of another, unseen guest. Is there a ghost on the premises? A prankster? Something more sinister? And then an avalanche blocks the mountain pass, and they’re stuck. Which is just about when they find the corpse. Meaning that Glebksy’s vacation is over and he’s embarked on the most unusual investigation he’s ever been involved with. In fact, the further he looks into it, the more Glebsky realizes that the victim may not even be human. In this late novel from the legendary Russian sci-fi duo—here in its first-ever English translation—the Strugatskys gleefully upend the plot of many a Hercule Poirot mystery—and the result is much funnier, and much stranger, than anything Agatha Christie ever wrote.
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612194338
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A hilarious spoof on the classic country-house murder mystery, from the Russian masters of sci-fi—never before translated When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at the remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He’s there to ski, drink brandy, and loaf around in blissful solitude. But he hadn’t counted on the other vacationers, an eccentric bunch including a famous hypnotist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky teenager of indeterminate gender, and the mysterious Mr. and Mrs. Moses. And as the chalet fills up, strange things start happening—things that seem to indicate the presence of another, unseen guest. Is there a ghost on the premises? A prankster? Something more sinister? And then an avalanche blocks the mountain pass, and they’re stuck. Which is just about when they find the corpse. Meaning that Glebksy’s vacation is over and he’s embarked on the most unusual investigation he’s ever been involved with. In fact, the further he looks into it, the more Glebsky realizes that the victim may not even be human. In this late novel from the legendary Russian sci-fi duo—here in its first-ever English translation—the Strugatskys gleefully upend the plot of many a Hercule Poirot mystery—and the result is much funnier, and much stranger, than anything Agatha Christie ever wrote.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings
Author: Henry Wheeler Shaw
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781522993100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"The Complete Works of Josh Billings" from Henry Wheeler Shaw. Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818 - 1885).
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781522993100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"The Complete Works of Josh Billings" from Henry Wheeler Shaw. Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818 - 1885).
Every Saturday
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Book of Humorous Quotations
Author: Connie Robertson
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853267598
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
From Oscar Wilde's witty observation in Lady Windermere's Fan that 'I can resist everything except temptation', to Zsa Zsa Gabor's admission that 'I know nothing about sex, because I was always married', and by way of Woody Allen's numerous bon mots to the anonymous definition of psychiatry as being 'the care of the id by the odd', Connie Robertson has woven together a hilarious, stimulating and thought-provoking collection of the best humorous quotations which will provide the reader with much to ponder over long after the book has been put aside.The Wordsworth Book of Humorous Quotations will delight the browser and the simply curious while also providing the student, journalist and after-dinner speaker with a wealth of valuable material.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853267598
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
From Oscar Wilde's witty observation in Lady Windermere's Fan that 'I can resist everything except temptation', to Zsa Zsa Gabor's admission that 'I know nothing about sex, because I was always married', and by way of Woody Allen's numerous bon mots to the anonymous definition of psychiatry as being 'the care of the id by the odd', Connie Robertson has woven together a hilarious, stimulating and thought-provoking collection of the best humorous quotations which will provide the reader with much to ponder over long after the book has been put aside.The Wordsworth Book of Humorous Quotations will delight the browser and the simply curious while also providing the student, journalist and after-dinner speaker with a wealth of valuable material.
Josh Billings' Wit and Humor
Author: Josh Billings
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Wit and Humor of the Age
Author: Melville De Lancey Landon
Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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