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The Slim Princess
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- GenresFiction
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
About the author
George Ade
191 books16 followersGeorge Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright.
Ade's literary reputation rests upon his achievements as a great humorist of American character during an important era in American history: the first large wave of migration from the countryside to burgeoning cities like Chicago, where, in fact, Ade produced his best fiction. He was a practicing realist during the Age of (William Dean) Howells and a local colorist of Chicago and the Midwest. His work constitutes a vast comedy of Midwestern manners and, indeed, a comedy of late 19th-century American manners. In 1915, Sir Walter Raleigh, Oxford professor and man of letters, while on a lecture tour in America, called George Ade "the greatest living American writer."
(wikipedia)
Ade's literary reputation rests upon his achievements as a great humorist of American character during an important era in American history: the first large wave of migration from the countryside to burgeoning cities like Chicago, where, in fact, Ade produced his best fiction. He was a practicing realist during the Age of (William Dean) Howells and a local colorist of Chicago and the Midwest. His work constitutes a vast comedy of Midwestern manners and, indeed, a comedy of late 19th-century American manners. In 1915, Sir Walter Raleigh, Oxford professor and man of letters, while on a lecture tour in America, called George Ade "the greatest living American writer."
(wikipedia)
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April 14, 2021
An adorable little bonbon of a story. Dated? Well, yes. Fun? Definitely.
October 20, 2021
It seems to be a Fable stretched to novella length, with a plot like an early-20th-century musical comedy (appropriately enough; he made a fortune writing those). The more Ade I read, the more striking his resemblance to Wodehouse is. The resemblance is clear in the Fables, and in the dialogue here. But the straight narrative portions of "The Slim Princess" just push the plot along; Ade doesn't use his gift for getting a joke or funny turn of phrase into every other sentence.
October 28, 2022
This falls flat
I do like George ade. I have read Gus stuff before, but I felt spinning my wheels with this one.
I do like George ade. I have read Gus stuff before, but I felt spinning my wheels with this one.
March 8, 2020
I enjoyed the beginning and the end, but the middle was quite a bit less pleasurable.
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