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John Kendrick Bangs

12 Published Stories

John Kendrick Bangs's Books and Stories

The Idiot at Home

The Idiot at Home

 Literature
5.0
The Idiot at Home by John Kendrick Bangs
The Genial Idiot

The Genial Idiot

 Literature
5.0
The Genial Idiot by John Kendrick Bangs
The Enchanted Typewriter

The Enchanted Typewriter

 Literature
5.0
The Enchanted Typewriter by John Kendrick Bangs
A Rebellious Heroine

A Rebellious Heroine

 Literature
5.0
Stuart Harley, despite his authorship of many novels, still considered himself a realist. He affected to say that he did not write his books; that he merely transcribed them from life as he saw it, and he insisted always that he saw life as it was.
Toppleton's Client; Or, A Spirit in Exile

Toppleton's Client; Or, A Spirit in Exile

 Literature
5.0
If you prefer your ghost stories to have a stout dose of rollicking wit, add Toppleton's Client to your must-read list. A lawyer moves into a new office and soon discovers it is haunted—and worse yet, the lingering spirit wants to engage the lawyer's services to oust another supernatural being that is squatting, so to speak, in his physical body.
The Inventions of the Idiot

The Inventions of the Idiot

 Literature
5.0
What happens when a brilliant but eccentric tinkerer sets his mind on improving the conditions of mankind through the power of science? John Kendrick Bangs' follow-up to The Idiot details this one-of-a-kind inventor's ideas -- some brilliant, some batty -- in this eminently readable romp.
The Autobiography of Methuselah

The Autobiography of Methuselah

 Literature
5.0
Having recently passed into what my great-grandson Shem calls my Anecdotage, it has occurred to me that perhaps some of the recollections of a more or less extended existence upon this globular[1] mass of dust and water that we are pleased to call the earth, may prove of interest to posterity, and I have accordingly, at [2]the earnest solicitation of my grandson, Noah, and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japhet, consented to put them into permanent literary form.
Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy

Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy

 Literature
5.0
Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy by John Kendrick Bangs
The Idiot

The Idiot

 Literature
5.0
Today, quirky or eccentric outsiders are often afforded a measure of tolerance or even respect. In the nineteenth century, however, these original thinkers were often regarded as dangerous crackpots and subjected to scorn -- or worse. John Kendrick Bangs' The Idiot follows the ups and downs of one such unfortunate fellow in a most amusing fashion.
Olympian Nights

Olympian Nights

 Literature
5.0
Excerpt: "While travelling through the classic realms of Greece some years ago, sincerely desirous of discovering the lurking-place of a certain war which the newspapers of my own country were describing with some vividness, I chanced upon the base of the far-famed Mount Olympus. Night was coming on apace and I was tired, having been led during the day upon a wild-goose chase by my guide, who had assured me that he had definitely located the scene of hostilities between the Greeks and the Turks."
The Pursuit of the House-Boat

The Pursuit of the House-Boat

 Literature
5.0
A house-boat floats down the river Styx, which must be crossed to enter the afterworld. At the end of A House-Boat on the Styx Captain Kidd hijacks the boat. In this sequel, the houseboat club-members hire Sherlock Holmes (at that point in history declared dead by his creator) to investigate the matter.
Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica

Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica

 Literature
5.0
Excerpt: ""That settles it," said Napoleon. "It's to be war. I'm willing to divide creation with England, but two's company and three's a crowd, and the Russian Bear must keep his paws off. I will go to Italy, Bourrienne, collect a few more thrones, and then we'll get to work on a new map of Europe. Russia never did look well or graceful on the existing maps...."" By the American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy.Very funny spoof biography of Napoleon, almos Marx-esque at some moments. (Goodreads)