The Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze
Book Details
| Title: | The Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1935 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Harper & Brothers | ||||||||||
| Tags: | fiction, humour | ||||||||||
| Description: | This particular book was written during the time of Thurber's divorce from his first wife and elements of marital discord are themes in some of the stories. [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Downloads: | 1,471 | ||||||||||
| Pages: | 177  |
Author Bio for Thurber, James
James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker magazine and collected in his numerous books. One of the most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. In collaboration with his college friend, Elliott Nugent, he wrote the Broadway comedy, The Male Animal, later adapted into a film, which starred Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland.
Many of his short stories are humorous fictional memoirs from his life, but he also wrote darker material, such as "The Whip-Poor-Will", a story of madness and murder. His best-known short stories are "The Dog That Bit People" and "The Night the Bed Fell"; they can be found in My Life and Hard Times, which was his "break-out" book. Among his other classics are The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Catbird Seat, A Couple of Hamburgers, The...
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