Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 88 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Haliburton, Thomas Chandler 1796 1865 Slick, Sam Nothing to Eat Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Variously attributed to Horatio Alger, Jr. and T. C. Haliburton. Text file produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Nothing to Eat" by Horatio Alger and Thomas Chandler Haliburton is a satirical poem published in the mid-19th century, specifically in 1857. This book blends humor with social commentary, addressing themes like wealth, fashionable society, and the absurdities found within both. The narrative highlights the disconnect between the experiences of the wealthy and the common folk, particularly focusing on the juxtaposition of luxurious living and the anxieties surrounding food and sustenance. The poem revolves around Mrs. Merdle, a character who embodies the contradictions of high society. Hosting a dinner, she complains about her lack of adequate food while simultaneously indulging in lavish courses, criticizing her husband's pursuit of wealth even as she enjoys their status. Through Mrs. Merdle's dialogue and musings, readers witness a blend of mockery and irony, exploring the folly of wealth and the superficiality of social norms. It critiques the obsession with appearance and fashion, showing how individuals suffer under the pressure of maintaining a particular lifestyle, all the while lamenting their supposed privations. Ultimately, the poem questions what it means to truly 'have nothing to eat' in a world filled with excess. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poetry PS Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Browsing: Fiction 79153 79154 2024-10-03T06:51:30.722074 2023-10-03T06:40:52.047048 text/html text/html 79951 2021-01-27T03:44:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 26752 2021-01-27T03:44:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 101800 2024-10-03T06:51:36.853058 application/epub+zip 101049 2024-10-03T06:51:33.619056 application/epub+zip 93572 2024-10-03T06:51:32.386061 application/epub+zip 200426 2024-10-03T06:51:38.990044 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 187062 2024-10-03T06:51:36.077071 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155048 2022-09-03T09:10:16.439018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63880 63734 2024-10-03T06:51:30.333086 2023-10-03T06:40:51.760080 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 64053 2018-03-03T11:49:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 24897 2018-03-19T12:39:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 63718 2013-07-02T13:37:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24813 2013-07-02T13:37:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22943 2024-10-03T06:51:39.128026 application/rdf+xml 11210 2024-10-03T06:51:32.930068 image/jpeg 2914 2024-10-03T06:51:32.656067 image/jpeg 96021 2024-10-03T06:51:30.730086 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