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Topper

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The Jazz Age comedy of manners about a straitlaced banker and two bon vivant ghosts that inspired the classic film starring Cary Grant.Bank manager Cosmo Topper has settled into a stable, respectable, and thoroughly boring life. In need of a little adventure, he decides to buy a secondhand car—a detail he neglects to tell his staid wife, Mary. But Topper's little secret turns into an unexpectedly ... Read more

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The Jazz Age comedy of manners about a straitlaced banker and two bon vivant ghosts that inspired the classic film starring Cary Grant.Bank manager Cosmo Topper has settled into a stable, respectable, and thoroughly boring life. In need of a little adventure, he decides to buy a secondhand car—a detail he neglects to tell his staid wife, Mary. But Topper's little secret turns into an unexpectedly
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The Night Life of the Gods

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One of Thorne Smith's better outings. When a scientist pairs up with a witch with the ability to bring statues to life, chaos ensues. The two decide it would be a good idea to bring the statues of the gods at the Metropolitan Museum to life. But the gods, it turns out, are too human by half -- they immediately start to cavort, bicker, drink, and carry on in a spree of epic proportions. ... Read more

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One of Thorne Smith's better outings. When a scientist pairs up with a witch with the ability to bring statues to life, chaos ensues. The two decide it would be a good idea to bring the statues of the gods at the Metropolitan Museum to life. But the gods, it turns out, are too human by half -- they immediately start to cavort, bicker, drink, and carry on in a spree of epic proportions.
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The Classic Collection of Thorne Smith. Illustrated

Topper, Dream’s End, The Stray Lamb, Did She Fall? and Others

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The Classic Collection of Thorne Smith brings together some of the most entertaining and distinctive works of one of America’s great comic fantasists. Lavishly illustrated, this collection includes such beloved novels as Topper, Dream’s End, The Stray Lamb, Did She Fall?, and other signature works that showcase Smith’s irreverent humor and imaginative flair. Thorne Smith is best known for blending ... Read more

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The Classic Collection of Thorne Smith brings together some of the most entertaining and distinctive works of one of America’s great comic fantasists. Lavishly illustrated, this collection includes such beloved novels as Topper, Dream’s End, The Stray Lamb, Did She Fall?, and other signature works that showcase Smith’s irreverent humor and imaginative flair. Thorne Smith is best known for blending
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Turnabout

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Another magical, mischievous Thorne Smith classic. Though Thorne Smith’s most popular works involve elements of fantasy and science fiction, the clever novel „Turnabout” takes his penchant for incorporating supernatural and magical themes in his work and puts one such plot twist to use as a comedic tool. A classic battle of the sexes, it was published in 1931 and follows a married couple who fall ... Read more

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Another magical, mischievous Thorne Smith classic. Though Thorne Smith’s most popular works involve elements of fantasy and science fiction, the clever novel „Turnabout” takes his penchant for incorporating supernatural and magical themes in his work and puts one such plot twist to use as a comedic tool. A classic battle of the sexes, it was published in 1931 and follows a married couple who fall
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Topper

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One of Thorne Smith’s most popular books and made into a film. Topper is about a respectable banker called Cosmo Topper, married to a depressingly staid wife Mary, and his misadventures with a couple of ghosts, Marion and George Kerby, who introduce him to other ghosts. He is romantically attracted to Marion, who at one point tries to kill him so that they can always be together. Unusually, Mary ... Read more

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One of Thorne Smith’s most popular books and made into a film. Topper is about a respectable banker called Cosmo Topper, married to a depressingly staid wife Mary, and his misadventures with a couple of ghosts, Marion and George Kerby, who introduce him to other ghosts. He is romantically attracted to Marion, who at one point tries to kill him so that they can always be together. Unusually, Mary
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Topper

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Topper Thorne Smith - Thorne Smith's hilarious and ribald comedy about boring and staid bank manager Cosmo Topper who decides to buy a flashy car only to discover it is haunted by its previous owners, George and Marion Kerby. George's and Marion's mischievous spirits (and a few other ghostly friends and an irresistible dog) make it their mission to lead the respectable Topper astray and give him a ... Read more

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Topper Thorne Smith - Thorne Smith's hilarious and ribald comedy about boring and staid bank manager Cosmo Topper who decides to buy a flashy car only to discover it is haunted by its previous owners, George and Marion Kerby. George's and Marion's mischievous spirits (and a few other ghostly friends and an irresistible dog) make it their mission to lead the respectable Topper astray and give him a
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Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit

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Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit (1918). A series of comic stories written for the Naval Reserve journal The Broadside while Smith was in the Navy. ... Read more

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Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit (1918). A series of comic stories written for the Naval Reserve journal The Broadside while Smith was in the Navy.
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Topper

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Thorne Smith best-remembered for humorous novels, many turning on some fantastic plot device which thrusts the protagonist into grotesque predicaments, often via unwitting transformation. The 1926 publication of „Topper” brought the author immediate acclaim. Elegant, fun-loving George and Marion Kerby are the toast of the town, until they wreck their flashy car and discover they’ve become, well, ... Read more

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Thorne Smith best-remembered for humorous novels, many turning on some fantastic plot device which thrusts the protagonist into grotesque predicaments, often via unwitting transformation. The 1926 publication of „Topper” brought the author immediate acclaim. Elegant, fun-loving George and Marion Kerby are the toast of the town, until they wreck their flashy car and discover they’ve become, well,
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Topper Takes a Trip

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Feckless, fun-loving and totally uncontrollable ghosts, George and Marion Kerby and friends — the tortuously crooked Colonel Scott and his companion, the disreputable Mrs. Hart — return to bring chaos and merriment into the life of mild-mannered, stuffy, and somewhat plump, Cosmo Topper.After a summer of life-altering misadventures with his spirited friends, Cosmo has retreated to the French ... Read more

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Feckless, fun-loving and totally uncontrollable ghosts, George and Marion Kerby and friends — the tortuously crooked Colonel Scott and his companion, the disreputable Mrs. Hart — return to bring chaos and merriment into the life of mild-mannered, stuffy, and somewhat plump, Cosmo Topper.After a summer of life-altering misadventures with his spirited friends, Cosmo has retreated to the French
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Topper

by Thorne Smith ...

Elegant, fun-loving George and Marion Kerby are the toast of the town, until they wreck their flashy car and discover they've become, well, ghosts. Making the best of a bad situation, they decide that being dead is the perfect opportunity to liven up staid, stuffy Cosmo Topper. Naturally, much hilarity ensues. ... Read more

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Elegant, fun-loving George and Marion Kerby are the toast of the town, until they wreck their flashy car and discover they've become, well, ghosts. Making the best of a bad situation, they decide that being dead is the perfect opportunity to liven up staid, stuffy Cosmo Topper. Naturally, much hilarity ensues.
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Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales

The Wrong Twin, Perkins of Portland, Alex the Great, On With Torchy, Love Among the Lions, etc.

by Ellis Parker Butler, Honoré de Balzac, Mark Twain, John Kendrick Bangs, Thorne Smith, Robert Fitzgerald, Harry Leon Wilson, H. C. Witwer, F. Anstey, S. R. Crockett, Marietta Holley, Sewell Ford, A. S. M. Hutchinson, Anne Warner, Dornford Yates, Charles Heber Clark, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Finley Peter Dunne, Robert W. Chambers, W. W. Jacobs, F. Morton Howard, Richard Marsh, H. H. Sir Bashford, J. Storer Clouston, O. Henry, Charles Battell Loomis, E. F. Benson, Anita Loos, Wallace Irvin, Lawrence Daniel Fogg, Terry Southern, Henry Wallace Phillips, George V. Hobart, Stephen Leacock, Daisy Ashford, W. A. Darlington, Kendell Foster Crossen, Israel Zangwill, Ring Lardner, Charles Eustace Merriman, Wallace Irwin, Howard Roger Garis, W. Heath Robinson, Lucretia P. Hale, Richmal Crompton, Peter Newell ...

Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales is a vast and vibrant anthology that explores the rich tradition of humorous literature. Spanning a wide range of styles from satirical wit to slapstick humor, this collection features stories that highlight human folly and celebrate life's absurdities through laughter. This anthology skillfully brings together works from the golden age of humor ... Read more

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Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales is a vast and vibrant anthology that explores the rich tradition of humorous literature. Spanning a wide range of styles from satirical wit to slapstick humor, this collection features stories that highlight human folly and celebrate life's absurdities through laughter. This anthology skillfully brings together works from the golden age of humor
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The Adventurer's Library: 43 Epic Adventure Novels from Around the World

The Adventures of Kathlyn, The Rainy Day Railroad War, The Knight of Malta, The Westerners, The S.S. Glory, The Lone Wolf Returns, etc.

by Victor Bridges, John Oxenham, G. P. R. James, Anthony Hope, Louise Gerard, John C. Hutcheson, Alexandre Dumas, William O. Stoddard, May Kellogg Sullivan, F. A. Robinson, Lloyd Osbourne, John Bowling, Edgar Jepson, Arvid Paulson, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Clayton Edwards, H. Esselstyn Lindley, Harold MacGrath, Holman Day, EugÃ¨ne Sue, Stewart Edward White, Frederick Niven, Thorne Smith, Robert W. Chambers, A. F. Mockler-Ferryman, G. A. Henty, Charles King, Louis Joseph Vance, Edward Roper, George Langford, Robert Ervin Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Henry Beston, Gordon Stables, Louise Vescelius Sheldon, Justus Miles Forman, Louis Tracy, Louis Becke, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Archibald Stewart Harrison, Mark Twain, E. W. Phillips, Willis George Emerson, William John Locke ...

The Adventurer's Library: 43 Epic Adventure Novels from Around the World is a monumental compendium capturing the essence of epic storytelling from a plethora of renowned authors. Through genres spanning classic swashbuckling exploits, intricate nautical tales, and thrilling quests into uncharted territories, this collection distills the spirit of adventure literature in its most exhilarating ... Read more

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The Adventurer's Library: 43 Epic Adventure Novels from Around the World is a monumental compendium capturing the essence of epic storytelling from a plethora of renowned authors. Through genres spanning classic swashbuckling exploits, intricate nautical tales, and thrilling quests into uncharted territories, this collection distills the spirit of adventure literature in its most exhilarating
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