Fables in Slang (1899) [Collection]
by George Ade
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Contents:
- 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 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 Kid Who Shifted His Ideal
- 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 Story-Books
Original title: Fables in Slang
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
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