My World-and Welcome to It

The world of Thurber is splendidly sampled in these thirty stories, sketches, and articles that range from the wildest comedy to the serious business of murder. Animal courtship, maids, Macbeth, baseball, sailing, marriage-all fall within Thurber's scope. Drawings by the Author.

Info autore

James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Famous for his humorous writings and illustrations, he was a staff member of The New Yorker for more than thirty years. He died in 1961.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thurber, James Thurber
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.03.1969
• EAN: 9780156623445
• ISBN: 978-0-15-662344-5
• Pagine: 324
• Peso: 299 g
• Serie: Harvest Book; Harvest Book
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Humour, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Renaissance style, Literary reference works, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Parties, etiquette and entertaining, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Trivia and quiz questions, Contains explicit or offensive material or content, Quotations, proverbs and sayings, literary criticism;american;america, HUMOR: Form / Essays, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, REFERENCE: Personal & Practical Guides, REFERENCE: Etiquette, REFERENCE: Quotations, REFERENCE: Trivia, HUMOR: Topic / Adult, literary criticism;american;america;1968;1969;1970