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  • More Fables

    by George Ade ...
    More fables is a lively collection of satirical pieces that examines the peculiar habits and quiet contradictions shaping everyday society. Through brief, sharply observed narratives, the work presents exaggerated situations that mirror recognizable patterns of ambition, vanity, greed, and self deception. Each episode unfolds with playful irony, revealing how ordinary people justify questionable ... Read more

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  • George Ade: The Best Works

    by George Ade ...
    The Best Works of George AdeAde's FablesFables in SlangKnocking the NeighborsMore FablesPeople You KnowThe Slim Princess ... Read more

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  • George Ade – The Major Collection

    by George Ade ...
    The Works of George AdeAde's FablesFables in SlangKnocking the NeighborsMore FablesPeople You KnowThe Slim Princess ... Read more

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  • Forty Modern Fables

    by George Ade ...
    A DARK-EYED Maiden was being Rushed by a Cheap Man and a Provider. They took Turn About in coming up to the House. She was a Child Wonder when it came to spreading her Dates so that one Gentleman would not cross another's Beat. Each of the Applicants was led to believe that he was the Only One for whom all the Lights were turned on. He thought that when he failed to Show Up, she was in her own ... Read more

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  • Ade's Fables

    by George Ade ...
    The Missing Heir. “Uncle, you are not looking well to-night.” “I’m not well, Florence. I sometimes doubt if I shall ever be any better.” “Surely, uncle, you cannot mean——” “Yes, my child, I have reason to believe that I am nearing the end ... Read more

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  • People You Know

    by George Ade ...
    People You Know by George Ade is a witty and observant collection of sketches that captures the humor, quirks, and everyday behaviors of ordinary individuals navigating social life. With his signature sharpness and light comedic touch, Ade turns familiar situations and recognizable personalities into entertaining and insightful reflections on human nature. Each piece introduces a different ... Read more

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  • The Old-Time Saloon

    Not Wet - Not Dry, Just History

    by George Ade, Bill Savage ...
    A celebration of the nineteenth-century saloon, written with sly humor during Prohibition: "A gem for gentlemen and gentlewomen who enjoy a tipple."— Toronto StarDescribed by Luc Sante as "a distant ancestor of Rocky and Bullwinkle," George Ade was an early twentieth-century humorist beloved by many, even earning praise from H.L. Mencken. During the waning years of Prohibition, he wrote The Old ... Read more

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  • In Pastures New

    by George Ade ...
    In Pastures New by George Ade is a delightful collection of humorous essays that reflect on the quirks of American life in the early 20th century. Ade's sharp wit and keen observations bring to life the experiences of everyday people, capturing their struggles and triumphs with a light-hearted touch. The book showcases his talent for storytelling, blending satire with genuine affection for his ... Read more

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  • Fables in Slang

    by George Ade ...
    Fables in Slang by George Ade is a humorous collection that modernizes the classic fable format by using contemporary slang and vernacular speech to convey timeless moral lessons. Ade cleverly reinterprets traditional fables with a twist, featuring characters that embody the social archetypes of his time, such as the shrewd businessman, the naïve youth, and the opportunistic trickster. Each fable ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Christmas Collection

    150+ authors & 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends

    by George Ade, Louisa May Alcott, Raymond Macdonald Alden, Cecil Frances, James Allen, Hans Christian Andersen, Alfred Austin, Mary Austin, Ralph Henry Barbour, L. Frank Baum, William Cox Bennett, William Blake, Edmund Bolton, Anne Brontë, Elbridge Brooks, Heywood Broun, Frances Browne, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Oliver Bell Bunce, Robert Burns, Ellis Parker Butler, William Wilfred Campbell, William Canton, Willa Cather, Thomas Chatterton, Anton Chekhov, G. K. Chesterton, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Eliza Cook, Susan Coolidge, François Coppée, Richard Crashaw, F. Marion Crawford, Mary Stewart Cutting (Cutting, Mary Stewart) [A01] Victor James Daley, Aubrey De Vere, Margaret Deland, Emily Dickinson, Charles Dickens, Mary Mapes Dodge, Alfred Domett, John Donne, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Drummond, Henry Van Dyke, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Anne P. L. Field, Eugene Field, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Richard Watson Gilder, Washington Gladden, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nikolai Gogol, The Brothers Grimm, Kenneth Grahame, Elizabeth Harrison, Thomas Hardy, Bret Harte, Frances Ridley Havergal, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reginald Heber, Felicia Hemans, George Herbert, O. Henry, Oliver Herford, Robert Herrick, T. A. Hoffmann, Florence Holbrook, Thomas Hood, William Dean Howells, Ben Jonson, Washington Irving, John Keble, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, Selma Lagerlöf, Winifred Kirkland, Andrew Lang, Stephen Leacock, James Weber Linn, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, H. P. Lovecraft, James Russell Lowell, George MacDonald, Charles Mackay, William Topaz McGonagall, Alice Duer Miller, Emily Huntington Miller, Olive Thorne Miller, John Milton, S. Weir Mitchell, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Clement C. Moore, William Morris, Mary Noailles Murfree, Robert Fuller Murray, John Mason Neale, Thomas Nelson Page, Elia W. Peattie, Marjorie Pickthall, Beatrix Potter, Katharine Pyle, Arthur Quiller-Couch, James Whitcomb Riley, Mary Darby Robinson, Edward Payson Roe, Christina Rossetti, Damon Runyon, Saki, Walter Scott, Edmund Hamilton Sears, William Shakespeare, Nora Archibald Smith, Robert Southwell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frank Stockton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Algernon Charles Swinburne, John Addington Symonds, John Banister Tabb, Booth Tarkington, Nahum Tate, Sara Teasdale, Lord Alfred Tennyson, William Makepeace Thackeray, Edward Thring, Henry Timrod, Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Tusser, Mark Twain, Katharine Tynan, Henry Vaughan, Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Lucy Wheelock, John G. Whittier, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Oscar Wilde, John Strange Winter, George Wither, William Wordsworth, William Butler Yeats, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, George Orwell, Agatha Christie, F. Scott Fitzgerald, H.P. Lovecraft, Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allan Poe ...
    If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, ... Read more

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  • Knocking the Neighbors

    by George Ade ...
    Knocking the Neighbors by George Ade is a humorous and satirical examination of American social life, particularly focusing on the middle class and their interactions within their communities. Known for his witty observations and comic tales, Ade presents a series of vignettes that highlight the quirks and eccentricities of suburban life. Through a collection of entertaining anecdotes and ... Read more

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  • People You Know

    by George Ade ...
    In "People You Know," George Ade presents a collection of sharp, witty sketches that encapsulate the quirks and idiosyncrasies of American society at the turn of the 20th century. Written in Ade's signature satire-laden prose, the book captures the essence of everyday life through the lens of social and cultural commentary. Each vignette serves as a mirror reflecting the characteristics of various ... Read more

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