Project Gutenberg 2014-01-23 Public domain in the USA. 87 Cruikshank, George 1792 1878 Cruickshank, George Seymour, Robert 1798 1836 The Odd Volume; Or, Book of Variety Preface -- The odd volume -- Legend of the large mouth -- Strawberries and cream -- The rose in January -- The March of Mind -- The old gentleman's teetotum -- A water party -- The angler and the fowler -- The elopement -- Subjects of conversation -- Inconveniencies resulting from being hanged -- The new "Beauty and the beast" -- Trinity College, Cambridge. Forty years ago -- Neck or nothing -- The mysterious visitor -- The cloaks -- A comical adventure -- How to make a paper -- The nightmare -- A gall-ing system. Produced by David Widger "The Odd Volume; Or, Book of Variety" by George Cruikshank and Robert Seymour is a collection of humorous and fantastical tales written in the early 19th century. The volume features a variety of stories, illustrated by prominent artists of the time, intended to entertain readers with their whimsical characters and narratives. Among these characters is a particularly striking figure, a large-mouthed man whose grotesque features lead to engaging and often comical observations about society and human nature. The opening of this work introduces us to a peculiar gathering at an inn in Glasgow, where the narrator encounters a bizarrely large-mouthed stranger. Despite his terrifying appearance, the man proves to be amiable and humorous, sharing the history of his mouth and a family heirloom—a spoon symbolizing his lineage. The narrator's mix of intrigue and anxiety about the man's appetite sets the stage for a suppertime spectacle that evolves into a humorous and chaotic exploration of gluttony. This introductory scene effectively establishes the book's playful tone while hinting at deeper commentary on identity and societal norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44739/44739-h/images/titlepagem.jpg en English wit and humor PN Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature 359060 359066 2024-09-18T18:03:12.838529 2023-09-19T13:23:31.811157 text/html text/html 362937 2021-02-21T08:42:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 15719148 2021-02-21T08:42:17 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 15543265 2024-09-18T18:03:22.772942 application/epub+zip 15536545 2024-09-18T18:03:15.019037 application/epub+zip 222047 2024-09-18T18:03:13.486518 application/epub+zip 15699499 2024-09-18T18:03:28.374924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 15666544 2024-09-18T18:03:20.254977 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309552 2022-09-20T12:21:20.378799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330741 2024-09-18T18:03:12.055505 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 333667 2016-12-11T09:50:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 133846 2016-12-11T09:53:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 330473 2014-01-23T13:33:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133296 2014-01-23T13:35:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 330466 2014-01-23T13:33:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133225 2014-01-23T13:35:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22530 2024-09-18T18:03:28.549921 application/rdf+xml 19270 2024-09-18T18:03:13.617492 image/jpeg 3401 2024-09-18T18:03:13.550514 image/jpeg 15826443 2024-09-18T18:03:13.107518 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 en.wikipedia