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John Kendrick Bangs

Born

in Yonkers, New York, The United States

May 27, 1862

Died

January 21, 1922

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Plays

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John Kendrick Bangs was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife.

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Average rating: 3.66 · 4,649 ratings · 700 reviews · 506 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Little Book of Christmas by John Kendrick Bangs, Arthur E. Becher (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 1912 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A House-Boat on the Styx (Hades #1) 3.60 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 1895 — 582 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream 3.55 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1907	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	R. Holmes & Co. 3.38 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1906 — 475 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pursuit of the House-Boat (Hades #2) 3.36 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1897 — 255 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall 3.59 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1894 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts I Have Met, and Some Others 3.50 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1898 — 165 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enchanted Type-Writer (Hades #3) 3.25 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1899 — 230 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Idiot 3.68 avg rating — 88 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coffee and Repartee 3.77 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1893 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hades (5 books)
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The Cheery Way (12 books)
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Quotes by John Kendrick Bangs (?)

“Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.”
― John Hendrick Bangs

tags: humor, pandemonium, puns

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“Curious," it said. "What you call your decent self doesn't dare look me in the eye! What a mistake people make who say that the man who won't look you in the eye is not to be trusted! As if mere brazenness were a sign of honesty; really, the theory of decency is the most amusing thing in the world.”
― John Kendrick Bangs, Ghosts I Have Met, and Some Others

tags: decency, trust

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“Thought is everything. Pain is something. Hence where there is no thought there can be no pain. Wherefore if you have a pain it is evident that you have a thought. To be rid of the pain stop thinking.”
― John Kendricks Bang

tags: pain, thinking

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