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John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) has earned comparison with Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum for his humorous fantasies, including "A Houseboat on the Styx" and these wildly adventurous "Andiron Tales" --...
Three farcical plays by the American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife.
The idiot is the same old idiot, if a trifle worn. As an inventive idiot he is in his element although of all his numerous inventions he complains that none has been realized. Probably there is a deep...
This is the story of what happens when men who think themselves smarter than they are face off against a man who's smarter than he seems. Set entirely in the dining room of a cheap boarding house, Coffee...
An extravaganza that ranges all the way from dry Stocktonian humor to roaring farce. The central idea is that of the exchange of souls between bodies, and we may easily imagine the opportunities it offers...
Nach dem Buch 'The Inventions of the Idiot' von John Kendrick Bangs aus dem Jahre 1904. Unterhaltungen am Esstisch in einer Pension für alleinstehende Herren in New York, wo der Narr seine Verbesserungsvorschläge...
The Pursuit of the House-Boat is an 1897 novel by John Kendrick Bangs, and the second one to feature his Associated Shades take on the afterlife. The original full title was The Pursuit of the House-Boat:...
This is one of two short story collections as sequels to the Raffles books by E.W. Hornung. THE ADVENTURE OF THE HERALD PERSONAL (excerpt) That I was in a hard case is best attested by the fact that...
I. THE CULINARY GUILD II. A SUGGESTION FOR THE CABLE-CARS III. THE TRANSATLANTIC TROLLEY COMPANY IV. THE INCORPORATION OF THE IDIOT V. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION VI. SOCIAL EXPANSION VII. A BEGGAR'S HAND-BOOK...
A House-Boat on the Styx is a fantasy novel written by John Kendrick Bangs in 1895. The original full title was A House-Boat on the Styx: Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades....
What would happen if master detective Sherlock Holmes sired a son with the daughter of one of his archenemies? That's the supposition at the center of R. Holmes & Co., which pits criminal mastermind...
The supernatural is an everyday occurrence for John Kendrick Bangs, who just can't avoid seeing ghosts everywhere! A witty, turn-of-the-century spoof of the gothic horror anthology, "Ghosts I Have Met...
The Idiot is anything but, yet that is how his fellow boarders at Mrs. Smithers Pedagog's home for single gentlemen see him. His brand of creative thought is dismissed as foolishness. And yet, it starts...
Immerse yourself in a captivating collection of children's literature in "Children's Short Works, Vol. 029." This enchanting anthology features a diverse array of stories, poems, and plays from renowned...
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful...
John Kendrick Bangs was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. His name is immortalised in the term "Bangsian Fantasy" - fantasy set in the afterlife, of which Philip José Farmer's Riverworld...
The A. J. Raffles Collection stands as a prestigious anthology highlighting the fin-de-siècle fascination with the gentleman thief, an archetype that thrives at the intersection of crime and class, enveloped...
This carefully crafted ebook: "THE COMPLETE RAFFLES SERIES – 45+ Short Stories & A Novel in One Volume: The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask, A Thief in the Night, Mr. Justice Raffles, Mrs. Raffles,...
The Adventures of A.J. Raffles - Boxed Set' is an anthology that celebrates the art of cunning and stealth through the gentleman thief archetype in early 20th-century literature. This collection spans...
THE COMPLETE RAFFLES SERIES – 45+ Short Stories & A Novel in One Volume offers an unparalleled exploration into the early 20th-century literary landscape, through the lens of adventure and crime....
Ten minutes later a passing taxi was hailed by a shivering gentleman carrying an iron pot full of pennies and nickels and an occasional quarter in one hand, and a turkey-red coat, trimmed with white cotton...
THE COMPLETE RAFFLES SERIES is a landmark collection that brings together the riveting tales of A.J. Raffles, a gentleman thief par excellence, as conceived by E.W. Hornung and continued in the same vein...
Collecting the ingenious tales of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and E. W. Hornung's A. J. Raffles, 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & A. J. Raffles - Collector's Edition' offers a thrilling...
In 'The Adventures of Raffles & Sherlock Holmes,' readers are treated to a fascinating amalgamation of intrigue and intellect, presenting a collection that marries the cunning of E. W. Hornung's gentleman...
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