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James Thurber: 92 Stories

This wide-ranging volume brings together the work of James Thurber, the American humorist whose whimsical fables and sharp observations of everyday life made him a major comic voice. Readers will find his best-known pieces, including a story about a daydreaming husband who escapes his dull routine through imagined adventures.

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Also included are fables with a satirical edge, many of his small line drawings, and a selection from a memoir of his years working for the magazine publisher Harold Ross. Early pieces that have rarely been reprinted complete the book, along with a timeline of his life.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 522 pages

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