Links
Robert Benchley - Bio and works
Robert Benchley - Bio and links
The Courtship of the Newt - A Short Essay
The Romance of Digestion - A Short Essay
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Robert Benchley
Links
Robert Benchley - Bio and works
Robert Benchley - Bio and links
The Courtship of the Newt - A Short Essay
The Romance of Digestion - A Short Essay
Dorothy Parker
Links
Dorothy Parker site
Dorothy Parker - Bio and links
Wit of Dorothy Parker
Enough Rope - a poem collection from 1926
Sunset Gun - a poem collection from 1928
Death and Taxes - a poem collection from 1931
Verse for a Certain Dog - Great poem
Quotes:
"Hepburn runs the gamut of emotions from A to B."
James Thurber
He was a writer and cartoonist for The New Yorker. His simplistic, but amusing drawings became very popular along with his witty writings. His most common subject was that of the war between the sexes.
Links
The Catbird Seat - Famous Short Story by Thurber
Interview with a Lemming - Short Story
"You heard a seal bark" - Drawing
Fables read by Peter Ustinov from HarperAudio
Part 1(4.7mb)au
Part 2(4.7mb)au
Part 3(4.2mb)au
Part 4(4.0mb)au
Quotes:
"[S]tarts of with the grace of a 1902 cadillac going uphill."
P.G. Wodehouse
Famous creator of the great "Jeeves and Wooster" stories. He was always commenting satirically on English and occasionally American High Society.
Links
P.G. Wodehouse Appreciation Page
Junior Drones Club
The Junior Ganymede Club Book
The Algonquin Round Table
A famous literary circle containg such greats as Franklin P. Adams, Robert Benchley, Noel Coward, Dorothy Parker, Harold Ross, James Thurber, and others. It was a group envied for its great conversations and wit.
Links
The Algonquin Round Table
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