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Charles L. Graves (1856–1944)

Autore di Mr. Punch's History of the Great War

21 opere 86 membri 5 recensioni

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Graves, Charles Larcom
Data di nascita
1856-12-15
Data di morte
1944-04-17
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK
Luogo di nascita
Dublin, Ireland
Luogo di morte
Carlisle, Cumberland, England, UK

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"My wife, in a nickel-plated Russian blouse, trimmed with celluloid pompons, aluminium pantaloons, and a pair of Norwegian Skis, looked magnificent."

That was stupid.. like Spaceballs levels of dumb... it was kinda awesome :) . So a parody of War of the Worlds that came out only weeks/months after the original book.

"My terror had fallen from me like a bath towel."

Highly recommend reading this as close to War of the Worlds as possible. Even so 100 year old comedy isn't always easy to parse.
There's some odd word choices too, it spends a lot of time describing streetnames and stuff which i think are digs at the original.
It breaks the forth wall and does allsorts of absurd parody elements. Its pretty short, certainly worth a look for fans of War of the Worlds.

"I stood there ecstatic, unprogressive, immoderate; while swiftly and surely ungovernable affection for all Wenuses gripped me."

Edit: Made available by the Merril Collection.
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wreade1872 | 1 altra recensione | Nov 28, 2021 |
It fell open at page 61: 'The Bodleian in a tea cup: World's great books bovrilized. why lavish money on the Bible when for a half-penny a day you can get its essence and that of 999 other books?' I don't think this is a vague hint at digitization in 1909 to save space but more the same problem we have today - everyone has too much to say and write.
 
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jon1lambert | Nov 21, 2018 |
A month-by-month account of World War I as expressed at the time in Punch magazine, with pictures, cartoons and comments on the ensuing situation. Includes several interesting Irish references: Willie Redmond, woes of Sinn Fein, the Irish incubus etc.
 
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OldHack | Apr 10, 2016 |
If you think the title sounds dirty... you're probably right. In this 1898 Wells parody, Earth is re-invaded by the fearsome women of the planet Wenus, and it's up to our narrator to spend the entire book not mentioning his wife and restraining his natural inclination to kill curates with meat cleavers. It's surprisingly hilarious; my favorite jokes were the ones poking fun at Wells's attempts at verisimilitude-- the local geography and population is ridiculously overdescribed. Also: even in 1898, people were well aware that Wells's depiction of female characters was... problematic.… (altro)
 
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Stevil2001 | 1 altra recensione | Apr 18, 2009 |

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Opere
21
Utenti
86
Popolarità
#213,013
Voto
½ 3.4
Recensioni
5
ISBN
21

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