Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 84 Dunne, Finley Peter 1867 1936 Observations By Mr. Dooley Produced by Kirk Pearson, with help from the volunteers at the Distributed Proofreaders project. HTML version by Al Haines. "Observations By Mr. Dooley" by Finley Peter Dunne is a collection of humorous essays and social commentary written during the late 19th century. The work features Mr. Dooley, an Irish-American bartender living in Chicago who shares his witticisms and insightful observations on a range of topics, from politics to literature, culture, and contemporary issues of the time. Through the voice of Mr. Dooley, the author captures the spirit of the era and offers a satirical take on society, ultimately revealing the complexities of American life in that period. The beginning of "Observations By Mr. Dooley" introduces readers to Mr. Dooley's character and provides a glimpse into his thoughts on literature as he whimsically recounts the evolution of writing and reading. He critiques the modern obsession with literary pursuits, particularly the rise of amateur authors, and comments on the peculiarities of societal views on literature and the arts. With humor and a unique conversational tone, Mr. Dooley reflects on the changing dynamics of moral and intellectual life, setting the stage for the social critiques that characterize the rest of the book. Through Mr. Dooley’s musings, readers are invited to explore the humorous and often ironic perspectives on the world around him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Irish Americans -- Fiction Dooley, Mr. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PN Text Humor Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 301835 296431 2024-10-02T13:50:53.569670 2023-10-02T11:37:01.755728 text/html text/html 290456 2020-12-28T06:43:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 114684 2020-12-28T06:43:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 193052 2024-10-02T13:51:00.662634 application/epub+zip 197891 2024-10-02T13:50:56.630668 application/epub+zip 182323 2024-10-02T13:50:55.410725 application/epub+zip 340330 2024-10-02T13:51:03.703668 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325346 2024-10-02T13:50:59.909635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 284542 2022-09-03T04:05:30.289293 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281260 281136 2024-10-02T13:50:53.062175 2023-10-02T11:37:01.394714 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 281097 2020-12-28T06:43:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 112907 2020-12-28T06:43:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20381 2024-10-02T13:51:03.828612 application/rdf+xml 12574 2024-10-02T13:50:55.955778 image/jpeg 3295 2024-10-02T13:50:55.687648 image/jpeg 188890 2024-10-02T13:50:53.597663 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