Word: lardneriana
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...1920s (he died in 1933), familiar chiefly through textbooks and a few anthologies, it does not do full justice to the lasting appeal of the great American humorist. Nor is it likely to satisfy the Lardner buff (there are still a great many), who likes to sample his Lardneriana over the wide range offered by a box of Mother's Day chocolates. When Lardner was good, he was very, very good; when he was bad, he could be awful. This collection, by concentrating on Lardner rarities, too often fails to distinguish between the two, could better have been...
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