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Fables in Slang

by George Ade

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First published: 1899
Pages: 121

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George Ade combines humor and moral lessons in Fables in Slang, a collection of short fictional pieces classed with American classics and satire. The opening tale places a credulous visitor in the office of a phrenologist who flatters him with supposed evidence of remarkable qualities. Colloquial speech and comic exchanges turn ordinary ambitions, pretensions and social encounters into fables.

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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.