Lardner - Fiction & Literature 1

"Round Up: The Stories of Ring Lardner" is a comprehensive collection showcasing Lardner's finest short fiction, demonstrating his genius for capturing American vernacular and exposing human vanity ……続きを見る

Discorsi da strada, comicità feroce, avidità insaziabile: nei suoi racconti Ring Lardner fustiga l’America degli anni Venti sull’orlo della crisi, stilando un campionario di tipi umani bizzarri e pi……続きを見る

This early work by Ring Lardner was originally published in 1925 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Haircut' is a dark satire about moral blindness. Ring Lardner was born……続きを見る

This early work by Ring Lardner was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. Ring Lardner was born in Niles, Michigan in 1885. He studied engineerin……続きを見る

Lo distintivo de la prosa de Ring Lardner, apodo de Ringgold Wilmer Lardner, uno de los escritores estadounidenses más exitosos de los años veinte, es su genio para levar el ancla que amarraba la li……続きを見る

La gran ciudad es una aventura urbana en la América de la Ley Seca. Pero, lejos de centrar la acción alrededor del whisky clandestino (o, vaya, no más allá de las copas estrictamente necesarias para……続きを見る

Placed in the material world, Man is continually exposed to the action of an infinite variety of objects by which he is surrounded. The body, to which the thinking and living principles have been un……続きを見る

Attached to the U. S. ship Vandalia, of the Pacific squadron, lying at anchor in the harbor of Valparaiso, in the month of August, 1850, I received a communication from the Superintendent of the Nat……続きを見る

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That the history of the invention of a piece of mechanism, and the description of its structure, operation, and uses, should be capable of being rendered the subject matter of a volume, destined not……続きを見る

A gentleman on board is supplied with one of these newfangled one hundred dollar safety suits. The wearer is supposed to be able to float indefinitely. It is also a sort of thermos bottle, keeping o……続きを見る