Author: Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The back parlor of any average American home. The blinds are drawn and a single gas-jet burns feebly. A dim suggestion of festivity: strange chairs, the table pushed back, a decanter and glasses. A heavy, suffocating, discordant scent of flowers-roses, carnations, lilies, gardenias. A general stuffiness and mugginess, as if it were raining outside, which it isn't. A door leads into the front parlor. It is open, and through it the flowers may be seen. They are banked about a long black box with huge nickel handles, resting upon two folding horses. Now and then a man comes into the front room from the street door, his shoes squeaking hideously. Sometimes there is a woman, usually in deep mourning. Each visitor approaches the long black box, looks into it with ill-concealed repugnance, snuffles softly, and then backs of toward the door. A clock on the mantel-piece ticks loudly. From the street come the usual noises-a wagon rattling, the clang of a trolley car's gong, the shrill cry of a child.
A Book of Burlesques
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The back parlor of any average American home. The blinds are drawn and a single gas-jet burns feebly. A dim suggestion of festivity: strange chairs, the table pushed back, a decanter and glasses. A heavy, suffocating, discordant scent of flowers-roses, carnations, lilies, gardenias. A general stuffiness and mugginess, as if it were raining outside, which it isn't. A door leads into the front parlor. It is open, and through it the flowers may be seen. They are banked about a long black box with huge nickel handles, resting upon two folding horses. Now and then a man comes into the front room from the street door, his shoes squeaking hideously. Sometimes there is a woman, usually in deep mourning. Each visitor approaches the long black box, looks into it with ill-concealed repugnance, snuffles softly, and then backs of toward the door. A clock on the mantel-piece ticks loudly. From the street come the usual noises-a wagon rattling, the clang of a trolley car's gong, the shrill cry of a child.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The back parlor of any average American home. The blinds are drawn and a single gas-jet burns feebly. A dim suggestion of festivity: strange chairs, the table pushed back, a decanter and glasses. A heavy, suffocating, discordant scent of flowers-roses, carnations, lilies, gardenias. A general stuffiness and mugginess, as if it were raining outside, which it isn't. A door leads into the front parlor. It is open, and through it the flowers may be seen. They are banked about a long black box with huge nickel handles, resting upon two folding horses. Now and then a man comes into the front room from the street door, his shoes squeaking hideously. Sometimes there is a woman, usually in deep mourning. Each visitor approaches the long black box, looks into it with ill-concealed repugnance, snuffles softly, and then backs of toward the door. A clock on the mantel-piece ticks loudly. From the street come the usual noises-a wagon rattling, the clang of a trolley car's gong, the shrill cry of a child.
A Book of Burlesques
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burlesques
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burlesques
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A Book of Burlesques
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A Book of Burlesques
Author: H. L. Mencken
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258827861
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258827861
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
Burlesque
Author: John D. Jump
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351630660
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- 2017 Reprint Acknowledgement -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- 1 Definitions -- 2 Travesty -- 3 Hudibrastic -- 4 Parody -- 5 The Mock-Poem -- 6 Dramatic Burlesque -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351630660
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- 2017 Reprint Acknowledgement -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- 1 Definitions -- 2 Travesty -- 3 Hudibrastic -- 4 Parody -- 5 The Mock-Poem -- 6 Dramatic Burlesque -- Select Bibliography -- Index
A Book of Burlesques
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Burlesques (drawings).
Author: Henry Mayo Bateman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
A Book of Burlesque, Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody
Author: William Davenport Adams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burlesque (Literature)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burlesque (Literature)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A Book of Burlesques
Author: H. L. Mencken
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781433088124
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781433088124
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
A Book of Burlesques (Classic Reprint)
Author: H. L. Mencken
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781391029122
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Excerpt from A Book of Burlesques About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781391029122
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Excerpt from A Book of Burlesques About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.