Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Various.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humor in literature.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2014.

Summary:

Add some levity to your reading list with this compilation of some of the wittiest and most amusing humor writing from the American literary canon. Bringing together essays, vignettes and short stories from an array of authors, including Little Women scribe Louisa May Alcott, this delightful volume is sure to ease your cares and bring a smile to your face.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Bayard Taylor - Selections from the Experiences of the A.C.; William Allen Butler - Dobbs His Ferry; John William de Forest - Father Higgins's Preferment; John Townsend Trowbridge - Fred Trover's Little Iron-Clad; Oliver Bell Bunce - Mr. Bluff Discourses of the Country and Kindred Themes; Charles Dudley Warner - Garden Ethics; Charles Dudley Warner - The Plumber; Frances Lee Pratt - Captain Ben's Choice; Louisa May Alcott - Street Scenes in Washington; Louisa May Alcott - Selections from Transcendental Wild Oats; William Wirt Howe - Conversational Depravity

Charles Farrar Browne - The Tower of LondonCharles Farrar Browne - Science and Natural History; Charles Farrar Browne - From the ""Lecture""; Frank R. Stockton - Our Tavern; Frank R. Stockton - A Piece of Red Calico; Harriet Prescott Spofford - Aunt Pen's Funeral; Samuel Langhorne Clemens - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County; Fitz Hugh Ludlow - Ben Thirlwall's Schooldays; Fitz Hugh Ludlow - Selections from a Brace of Boys; Thomas Bailey Aldrich - A Rivermouth Romance

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ISBN:

9781776535637

1776535634