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  • The Classic Collection of Ring Lardner. Illustrated

    You Know Me, Alibi Ike, Some Like Them Cold, Guillible’s Travels and others

    by Ring Lardner ...
    This beautifully illustrated volume brings together the finest works of Ring Lardner, one of America’s most distinctive literary voices of the early 20th century. Known for his sharp wit, ear for dialogue, and keen sense of irony, Lardner masterfully captured the quirks of American life through sports, relationships, and social satire. The collection features You Know Me, Al, a groundbreaking ... Read more

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  • You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters

    Navigating the Ups and Downs of a Busher's Rookie Season

    by Ring Lardner ...
    In "You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters," Ring Lardner employs a distinctive epistolary format to narrate the experiences of a naïve, small-town baseball player named Jack Keefe. Through a series of humorous and often sardonic letters written to his friend Al, Lardner cleverly critiques the world of professional baseball in the early 20th century. The book showcases Lardner's keen ear for dialogue ... Read more

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  • 7 best short stories by Ring Lardner

    by Ring Lardner, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 103 - 7 best short stories
    Discover the literary genius of Ring Lardner in "7 Best Short Stories". This book presents a superb selection of the best stories by the renowned American writer, known for his sharp humor and keen observations on everyday life and the world of sports. With unforgettable characters and engaging plots, Lardner captures the complexities and nuances of human relationships and daily experiences. His ... Read more

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  • The Neglected Authors: Volume 4 (of 6) – Violet Hunt to Elinor Mordaunt

    by Violet Hunt, Ring Lardner, C E Montague ...
    Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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  • Round Up: The Stories of Ring Lardner

    by Ring Lardner ...
    First published in 1929, public domain. Lardner, American humorist and short-story writer, is known for his mordant wit, exemplified in satirical stories and sketches of American life in the early 20th century told in the language of athletes, stockbrokers, secretaries, chorus girls, etc. This is a compilation of almost all of his best stories. ... Read more

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  • The Neglected Authors - American Men

    by Charles W Chesnutt, Ring Lardner, Sinclair Lewis ...
    Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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  • 7 best short stories - Boxing

    by Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack London, Robert E. Howard, Ring Lardner, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 1 - 7 best short stories - specials
    Of all sports, boxing has been the writers' favorite. Maybe it's because of his need for persistence and resilience, perhaps for the narratives of victory and defeat, perhaps even for the relatable solitude of the boxer who faces his challenge in the ring; boxing has inspired large pieces of fiction that enchanted generations. Through the eyes of consecrated authors you will meet the passionate ... Read more

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  • Ring Lardner: Stories & Other Writings (LOA #244)

    by Ring Lardner ...
    At the height of the Jazz Age, Ring Lardner was America’s most beloved humorist, equally admired by a popular audience and by literary friends like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wilson. A sports writer who became a sensation with his comic baseball bestseller, You Know Me Al, Lardner had a rare gift for inspired nonsense and an ear attuned to the rhythms and hilarious oddities of American speech. ... Read more

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  • My Four Weeks In France

    by Ring Lardner ...
    In 1917, Ring Lardner was sent on assignment as a war correspondent on the French front for a series of reports for Collier's magazine. Appearing in serialized format in the magazine before its eventual publication as a book, My Four Weeks in France recalls Lardner's experiences in his new wartime role. Being a humorist and a satirist, it would have been inconsistent with his typical format to ... Read more

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  • Jack Keefe Stories

    by Ring Lardner ...
    The arrogant, proud, and mostly illiterate Jack Keefe of Bedford, Indiana had already established a career pitching for the minor league baseball club in Terre Haute. His strong pitching arm attracted the attention of Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and before he knew it, Keefe had been signed to play for the team. Through the ups and downs of his life, from his baseball career, to his ... Read more

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  • Gullibles Travels

    by Ring Lardner ...
    Published in The Saturday Evening Post between 1916 and 1917, the stories that make up Gullible's Travels follow the comical misadventures of a long-suffering husband and his aspiring socialite wife. The unnamed protagonists and their hapless attempts to climb the social ladder serve as a canvas for Ring Lardner to satirize marriage, social dynamics, and the newly emerging middle class of the late ... Read more

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  • Anthology of Classic Short Stories. Vol. 7 (Humour, Satire and Tall Tales)

    The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry, What Stumped the Blue Jays by Mark Twain, When I Was a Witch by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and others

    by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Saki, Johann Peter Hebel, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Ring Lardner, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Voltaire ...
    Translated by Peter Phalen ...
    Satire, Humor and Irony in some cases have been regarded as the most effective source to understand a society, the oldest form of social study.Contents:The Cop and the Anthem by O. HenryThe Ransom of Red Chief by O. HenryWhat Stumped the Blue Jays by Mark TwainThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark TwainThe Toys of Peace by Saki (H. H. Munro)The Artful Hussar by Johann Peter ... Read more

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