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Robert Charles Benchley was born on September 15th, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Benchley wrote over 600 essays and is a humorist best known for his work for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. These essays, which ranged from topical to the absurdist, influenced many modern... Read Full Overview

A collection of superb - and superbly funny - essays by that incomparable master of urbane nuttiness, Robert Benchley!An Algonquin Roundtable stalwart, Benchley has been the inspiration for countless modern humorists and comics, and his evergreen essays still make readers laugh... Read Full Overview

- This collections of essays is enhanced with numerous drawings to enrich the readers' experience. This is the second of fifteen collections of Benchley's humorous essays and book reviews. While some references are dated, Benchley's rapier-sharp wit will amuse and entertain you... Read Full Overview

Love Conquers All: Large Print By Robert Benchley Old scandals concerning the private life of Lord Byron have been revived with the recent publication of a collection of his letters. One of the big questions seems to be: Did Byron send Mary Shelley's letter to Mrs. R.B. Hoppner?... Read Full Overview

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This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection is a unique set of short stories, poems and novels from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. From tales of love, life and heartbreaking loss to humorous stories of ghost encounters, these volumes captivate the imaginations of... Read Full Overview

The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection is a unique set of short stories, poems and novels from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. From tales of love, life and heartbreaking loss to humorous stories of ghost encounters, these volumes captivate the imaginations of... Read Full Overview

Love Conquers All is a satirical novel written by Robert C. Benchley and published in 1922. The story follows the misadventures of a young man named Roger Mifflin, who dreams of creating a successful publishing business in New York City. Along the way, he falls in love with a... Read Full Overview