Fables in Slang

图书信息

作者	George Ade
出版社	Dead Dodo Classic Press
ISBN	9781508023173
出版时间	2015-08-29
字数	7.2万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,小说

读书简介

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from George Ade ‘Fables in Slang.’ ‘Fables in Slang’ was first published in 1899. In his unique "Fables in Slang," which purveyed not so much slang as the American colloquial vernacular, Ade pursued an effectively genial satire notable for its scrupulous objectivity. Ade's regular practice in the best fables is to present a little drama incorporating concrete, specific evidence with which he implicitly indicts the object of his satire—always a type (e.g., the social climber). The fable's actual moral is nearly always implicit, though he liked to tack on a mock, often ironic moral (e.g., "Industry and perseverance bring a sure reward"). George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright.? Ade's literary reputation rests upon his achievements as a great humorist of American character during an important era in American history: the first large wave of migration from the countryside to burgeoning cities like Chicago, where, in fact, Ade produced his best fiction. He was a practicing realist during the Age of (William Dean) Howells and a local colorist of Chicago and the Midwest. His work constitutes a vast comedy of Midwestern manners and, indeed, a comedy of late 19th-century American manners. In 1915, Sir Walter Raleigh, Oxford professor and man of letters, while on a lecture tour in America, called George Ade "the greatest living American writer. Ade's fiction dealt consistently with the "little man," the common, undistinguished, average American, usually a farmer or lower middle class citizen. (He sometimes skewered women, too, especially women with laughable social pretensions.) Ade followed in the footsteps of his idol Mark Twain by making expert use of the American language. A striking and unique feature of Ade's essays was the creative and liberal use of capitalization. George Ade is one of the American writers whose publications made him rich.

目录

FABLES IN SLANG

THE FABLE OF THE VISITOR WHO GOT A LOT FOR THREE DOLLARS

THE FABLE OF THE SLIM GIRL WHO TRIED TO KEEP A DATE THAT WAS NEVER MADE

THE FABLE OF THE NEW YORK PERSON WHO GAVE THE STAGE FRIGHT TO FOSTORIA, OHIO

THE FABLE OF THE KID WHO SHIFTED HIS IDEAL

THE FABLE OF THE BASE BALL FAN WHO TOOK THE ONLY KNOWN CURE

THE FABLE OF THE GOOD FAIRY WITH THE LORGNETTE, AND WHY SHE GOT IT GOOD

THE FABLE OF THE UNINTENTIONAL HEROES OF CENTREVILLE

THE FABLE OF THE PARENTS WHO TINKERED WITH THE OFFSPRING

THE FABLE OF HOW HE NEVER TOUCHED GEORGE

THE FABLE OF THE PREACHER WHO FLEW HIS KITE, BUT NOT BECAUSE HE WISHED TO DO SO

THE FABLE OF HANDSOME JETHRO, WHO WAS SIMPLY CUT OUT TO BE A MERCHANT

THE FABLE OF PADUCAH’S FAVORITE COMEDIANS AND THE MILDEWED STUNT

THE FABLE OF FLORA AND ADOLPH AND A HOME GONE WRONG

THE FABLE OF THE COPPER AND THE JOVIAL UNDERGRADS

THE FABLE OF THE PROFESSOR WHO WANTED TO BE ALONE

THE FABLE OF A STATESMAN WHO COULDN’T MAKE GOOD

THE FABLE OF THE BRASH DRUMMER AND THE PEACH WHO LEARNED THAT THERE WERE OTHERS

THE FABLE OF SISTER MAE, WHO DID AS WELL AS COULD BE EXPECTED

THE FABLE OF HOW THE FOOL-KILLER BACKED OUT OF A CONTRACT

THE FABLE OF THE CADDY WHO HURT HIS HEAD WHILE THINKING

THE FABLE OF THE MARTYR WHO LIKED THE JOB

THE FABLE OF THE BOHEMIAN WHO HAD HARD LUCK

THE FABLE OF THE COMING CHAMPION WHO WAS DELAYED

THE FABLE OF THE LAWYER WHO BROUGHT IN A MINORITY REPORT

THE FABLE OF THE TWO MANDOLIN PLAYERS AND THE WILLING PERFORMER

THE FABLE OF THE MAN WHO DIDN’T CARE FOR STORYBOOKS