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Title: Half-Hours with the Idiot
Note: Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from
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Summary: "Half-Hours with the Idiot" by John Kendrick Bangs is a collection of humorous essays written in the early 20th century. The book features a central character known as the Idiot, who engages in witty dialogues with various acquaintances, discussing absurdities in society and politics. Through satire, the Idiot explores themes of architecture, gender roles, and the irritations of modern life, illuminating the quirks of human behavior. At the start of the narrative, the Idiot and his friends engage in a comedic discussion about the disparity in the living conditions of American ambassadors in foreign capitals. The Idiot criticizes the uneven standards and suggests that the United States should build standardized residences for its diplomats, which prompts a humorous back-and-forth about American identity and architecture. This introductory conversation sets the tone for the witty and satirical observations that characterize the remainder of the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922
EBook No.: 35017
Published: Jan 20, 2011
Downloads: 160
Language: English
Subject: Humorous stories
Subject: Conversation -- Fiction
Subject: Boardinghouses -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Half-Hours with the Idiot
Note: Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits:
Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from
scanned images of public domain material from the Google
Print archive.
Summary: "Half-Hours with the Idiot" by John Kendrick Bangs is a collection of humorous essays written in the early 20th century. The book features a central character known as the Idiot, who engages in witty dialogues with various acquaintances, discussing absurdities in society and politics. Through satire, the Idiot explores themes of architecture, gender roles, and the irritations of modern life, illuminating the quirks of human behavior. At the start of the narrative, the Idiot and his friends engage in a comedic discussion about the disparity in the living conditions of American ambassadors in foreign capitals. The Idiot criticizes the uneven standards and suggests that the United States should build standardized residences for its diplomats, which prompts a humorous back-and-forth about American identity and architecture. This introductory conversation sets the tone for the witty and satirical observations that characterize the remainder of the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922
EBook No.: 35017
Published: Jan 20, 2011
Downloads: 160
Language: English
Subject: Humorous stories
Subject: Conversation -- Fiction
Subject: Boardinghouses -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.