Project Gutenberg 2008-11-09 Public domain in the USA. 90 Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) 1876 1944 Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury Preston, James M. 1873 1962 19010468 The Life of the Party Reading ease score: 70.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Bryan Ness, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Life of the Party" by Irvin S. Cobb is a humorous work of fiction written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a whimsical fancy-dress party where adults dress up as children, creating a playful and chaotic atmosphere. The narrative explores themes of social interactions, identity, and the absurdities of adult behavior in a unique and lighthearted manner. The plot follows the character Algernon Leary, who has a particularly eventful evening culminating in a series of misadventures after leaving the party. His encounter with a drunken taxi driver leads to an unfortunate mugging, leaving him dressed in a rather ridiculous children's costume while trying to navigate the streets of New York City. As he attempts to find refuge, he inadvertently becomes the center of attention and hilarity, facing both comical and embarrassing situations. Ultimately, the story serves as a delightful exploration of the intrinsic silliness of life and the social dynamics present at gatherings, all while delivering a sense of laughter and lightheartedness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Humorous stories Lawyers -- Fiction Costume -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction 121806 121812 2024-10-11T13:31:56.572702 2023-09-12T06:09:58.550414 text/html text/html 120330 2008-11-09T08:47:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 298096 2008-11-09T08:47:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 292792 2024-10-11T13:31:59.252686 application/epub+zip 292244 2024-10-11T13:31:57.114718 application/epub+zip 92743 2024-10-11T13:31:56.877704 application/epub+zip 345479 2024-10-11T13:32:01.106665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333348 2024-10-11T13:31:59.023687 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 134603 2022-09-12T13:20:37.519208 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110062 109841 2024-10-11T13:31:56.343751 2023-09-12T06:09:58.344434 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 109892 2008-11-09T08:47:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 44818 2008-11-09T08:47:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 109883 2008-11-09T08:47:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 44803 2008-11-09T08:47:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22421 2024-10-11T13:32:01.242681 application/rdf+xml 25528 2024-10-11T13:31:56.969766 image/jpeg 4089 2024-10-11T13:31:56.929900 image/jpeg 302383 2024-10-11T13:31:56.598693 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia