Project Gutenberg 2011-01-20 Public domain in the USA. 190 Bangs, John Kendrick 1862 1922 Half-Hours with the Idiot Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. "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.) en Humorous stories Conversation -- Fiction Boardinghouses -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 168043 168052 2024-09-15T03:33:24.685171 2023-09-15T09:25:01.722750 text/html text/html 167700 2011-01-20T10:07:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 68112 2011-01-20T10:07:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 126959 2024-09-15T03:33:29.045108 application/epub+zip 127691 2024-09-15T03:33:25.990137 application/epub+zip 123310 2024-09-15T03:33:25.179171 application/epub+zip 232975 2024-09-15T03:33:31.402097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214729 2024-09-15T03:33:28.514132 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210557 2022-09-16T06:31:33.952430 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150786 150659 2024-09-15T03:33:24.321128 2023-09-15T09:25:01.397729 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 150605 2011-01-20T10:07:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 60216 2011-01-20T10:07:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 150598 2011-01-20T10:07:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60167 2011-01-20T10:07:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20640 2024-09-15T03:33:31.532102 application/rdf+xml 12119 2024-09-15T03:33:25.530118 image/jpeg 3131 2024-09-15T03:33:25.352155 image/jpeg 121273 2024-09-15T03:33:24.703139 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