The Best of Ring Lardner

by Ring Lardner, David Lodge (Editor)

The most popular rewritten version of Shakespeare's plays.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories

205 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre.

Father of author Ring Lardner Jr.

Reviews

[John McNulty · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty acute study of white people in American before the depression. Dialogue that crackles. Ring was born to write it. The breadth of experience is narrow but boy is it well treated, and funny.

[Shelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

One can see why Salinger gives a shout out to Lardner in "Catcher in the Rye". Lardner's influence is obvious and is also evident in Hemingway and Runyon. Enjoyable stories from the teens and 1920s with old-time snappy, witty dialogue and dynamic words and turns of phrase that have fallen out of use.

[Jeff Hobbs]

Read so far:

Haircut --3
I can't breathe --2
Alibi Ike --3
Zone of quiet --
Champion --3
Some like them cold --3
The Maysville minstrel --
Women --
*Ex parte --
Nora --
*The facts --
A day with Conrad Green --
The love nest --
The golden honeymoon --3
Mr. and Mrs. Fix-it --
How to write short stories --
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A caddy's diary
Harmony
Liberty hall
Old folks' Christmas
Stop me--if you've heard this one --3
A study in handwriting --1
There are smiles
Travelogue
Who dealt?

[Jude Nonesuch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sure I would have had things to say at the time; it's been too long. Very much worth reading tho!