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Ade's Fables

by George Ade

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First published: 1914
Pages: 142

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Ade’s Fables is a fascinating work written by George Ade. The narrative shares with us the story of Blake Knox, a young man who finds himself in France, engrossed in writing his novel. However, his life takes an unexpected twist when he becomes implicated in a crime that strangely reflects scenes from his own draft.

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George Ade

George Ade turned the slang, status anxieties, and social rituals of turn-of-the-century America into sharply compressed comedy. Fables in Slang established his signature form through mock moral tales told in vernacular language, with Clyde J. Newman illustrating the early volume. Ade’s Fables returned to the form with John T.