Fables in Slang

By Ade, George

Book Id: WPLBN0002952411
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File Size: 49.60 MB
Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Fables in Slang
Author:	Ade, George
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Humor, Comedy
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Fables in Slang
Historic Publication Date:	1899
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Ade, B. G. (1899). Fables in Slang. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables in Slang is the first of these collections. It contains 26 satirical stories that lampoon phrenologists, idealists, snobs, fanatics and other ignorant fools of the day, most of which still wander through our modern lives. Jean Shepherd considered Ade a predecessor who made writers like James Thurber, Mike Royko, and himself possible. Fables in Slang was first published in 1899 by Herbert S. Stone and Company. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

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Humor, Comedy, Fiction