Ring Lardner

This collection brings together twenty-one of Lardner’s best pieces, including the six Jack Keefe stories that comprise You Know Me, Al, as well as such familiar favorites as “Alibi Ike,” “Some Like Them Cold,” and “Guillible’s Travels.”

Twenty-five selections by the modern writer illustrate his ability to depict diverse aspects of turn-of-the-century American life with insight and wit

1929. Lardner, American humorist and short-story writer, is known for his mordant wit, exemplified in satirical stories and sketches of American life in the early 20th century told in the language of athletes, stockbrokers, secretaries, chorus girls, etc. The Maysville Minstrel; I Can't Breathe; Haircut; Alibi Ike; Liberty Hall; Zone of Quiet; Mr. Frisbie; Hurry Kane; Champion; Contract; Dinner; W

Through these pages pass con men, an opinionated small-town barber, a nurse who chatters on and on—much to the chagrin of her charges—baseball players and boxers. Published in "The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's", and "Vanity Fair", Lardner enjoyed great success and was heralded as a singular talent by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, H.L. Mencken, and Virginia Woolf.

THIS 1924 COLLECTIBLE VOLUME, WRITTEN BY THE IRREPRESSIBLE RING LARDNER WHO, IN HIS PREFACE, MAKES THE FOLLOWING ". . .WHATEVER ELSE THIS COUNTRY MAY BE SHY OF, THERE IS CERTAINLY NO LACK OF CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS THAT LEARNS YOU THE ART OF SHORT-STORY WRITING. . . . HOWEVER, FR SOME REASON ANOTHER WHEN YOU SKIN THROUGH THE PAGES OF HIGH CLASS PERIODICALS, YOU DON'T VERY OFTEN FIND THEM CLUTTERED

A barber regales a customer with stories about some of the characters in his small town.

A complete anthology of baseball fiction by Ring Lardner features short stories that capture the integral role of baseball in American life.

A collection of plays, essays, and songs which adequately illustrate Mr. Lardner's humor and satire

Sharing stories and sketches by beloved sports columnist Ring Lardner, this book is guaranteed to bring a laugh to readers as they follow Ring through the adventures of everyday life.In a collection of untold stories and sketches, Ring Lardner showcases his wit and wry sense of irony in every piece. A sportswriter by trade, Lardner was widely known for his superb ear for the regional p

The Golden Honeymoon is a collection of short stories written by Ring W. Lardner. The book features a series of humorous and satirical tales that explore the complexities of love, marriage, and relationships. The stories are centered around a couple named David and Esther, who are celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a trip to Europe. As they travel through different countries, they

The Big Town is a novel written by Ring Lardner, an American sports columnist and short story writer. It was first published in 1921 and is set in Chicago during the 1920s. The story follows the life of a young man named Joe Egan, who moves to the city to pursue his dream of becoming a professional baseball player. Joe quickly learns that life in the big city is not as glamorous as he thought it w

The most popular rewritten version of Shakespeare's plays.

An inspiring collection of stories and essays by one of the greatest baseball writers covers a wide range ofr topics, from largely forgotten bush-league pitchers to the Chicago Black Sox World Series scandal.

Alibi Ike is a classic American novel written by Ring Lardner. The book tells the story of Frank X. Farrell, a talented baseball player who has a knack for making excuses. He is given the nickname ""Alibi Ike"" by his teammates due to his tendency to blame others for his mistakes on the field. Despite this flaw, Frank is a skilled player and is recruited by a major league team. However, his tenden

"You Know me Al" is a classic of baseball--the game and the community. Jack Keefe, one of literature's greatest characters, is talented, brash, and conceited. Self-assured and imperceptive, impervious to both advice and sarcasm, Keefe rises to the heights, but his inability to learn makes for his undoing. Through a series of letters from this bush-league pitcher to his not-quite-anonymous friend A

I promised the Wife that if anybody ast me what kind of a time did I have at Palm Beach I'd say I had a swell time. And if they ast me who did we meet I'd tell 'em everybody that was worth meetin'. And if they ast me didn't the trip cost a lot I'd say Yes; but it was worth the money. I promised her I wouldn't spill none o' the real details. But if you can't break a promise you made to your own wif

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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

A collection of short stories by Ring Lardner.

Lardner (1885-1933), until the day of his death in 1933, hewed to his own line and wrote of life in the baseball dugout, the hoofer's hall bedroom, the fighter's training camp, Tin Pan Alley and other haunts of obscure but ambitious, if slightly inarticulate, Americans. -A Note on The Author of the Collected Short StoriesContents1.The Maysville Minstrel2. I Can't Breathe<br

1926. Lardner, American humorist and short-story writer, is known for his mordant wit, exemplified in satirical stories and sketches of American life in the early 20th century told in the language of athletes, stockbrokers, secretaries, chorus girls, etc. From the Introduction: It is hoped that a careful reading of the stories collected in this book will dispel the general illusion that in his lat

In the heady years of the Jazz Age, Ring Lardner was America’s favorite humorist, a prodigally talented improviser equally admired by a popular audience and by literary friends such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wilson. Like Mark Twain before him and James Thurber after, he was a master of many forms and moods, his literary signatures being a virtuoso, surrealistic tomfoolery that looks forwar

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One of Lardner’s celebrated stories is Alibi Ike first published in 1915 in the Saturday Evening Post. The author in this short tale follows the career of a funnily strong-headed baseball player who is always ready to give farcical alibis for his failures as well as laughable reasons for his victories. Alibi Ike is only the nickname given to the protagonist Frank X. Farrell. When the story was suc

Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to English author Ring Lardner. Ring Lardner was an American sports columnist and short-story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and F. Scott Fitzgerald all profes