"More Fables" by George Ade is a collection of short, funny stories from around 1900 that poke fun at how people act. Through characters like Uncle Brewster, who gets into trouble when he visits the city, the author uses humor to teach lessons about life and society. The stories show different types of people and their funny habits, like Uncle Brewster's gambling problem and trouble fitting in. In the beginning an encounter emphasizes that what really happened and what he says at home are very different. Overall it is a funny look at human nature.
More Fables
By George Ade
A husband's trip to the city turns into a comical string of misadventures, revealing the funny side of social expectations and personal failings.
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About the AuthorGeorge Ade was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal use of capitalization in his characters' dialog.
George Ade was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal use of capitalization in his characters' dialog.
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