Knocking the Neighbors

by George Ade

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84 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1912

About the author

George 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)

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wodehouse's knack for metaphors and a bit of Mencken's public-spiritedness.

[Jo Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Knocking the Neighbors was published in 1913. It is wonderfully snarky and funny; if you like Ogden Nash and James Thurber you'll like George Ade. Reading this book of funny fables was a little hard as it was written in the slang of the time, and many of the words made no sense to me. I remember when I first came across the phrase "23 skidoo" and was delighted (once I figured out what it meant.) Some of Ade's stories were like reading a foreign language and I felt like I needed a dictionary by my side. Don't let this review scare you off. Ade's insights into Modern Man of 1913 are hysterical. Each short tale ends with a moral.

I'm glad I discovered this clever writer. Next I'm going to attempt his Fables in Slang from 1899. I can't wait to discover some new words!