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The Enchanted Type-Writer

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Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Enchanted Type-Writer A spirit from Hades (not Hell. Hades) possessed our narrator's typewriter and told him how things just basically the same in the afterlife. People still went to work, there was an election and so on and so forth. The favorite part is when Baron Munchausen told the story that he was Adam, Noah, Jonah and Bill Shakespeare before he was born as Munchausen. The story is that virtually every author, artist and world leader ends up in the torment of Hades - where they essentially get to carry on - is so tongue in cheek it's hard not to laugh. Bangs must have had a load of fun writing this and must have had to end it just to bring what could have been an endless set of stories. Plot Summary: - The author finds and restores a dusty old typewriter. - It becomes haunted by a couple of the spirits of those Shades who have passed over the River Sticks. - After all, the news must be published, even down there. - An added attraction is the fact that the author can converse with the typist. The author by the spoken word and the spirit by the keyboard. The Enchanted Type-Writer is one of the books in the "Hades" series. The other two books are A Houseboat on the Styx and Pursuit of the Houseboat. The Enchanted Type-Writer stands alone; you do not have to have read the first two novels to enjoy it fully. The novels are written in Bangsian fantasy, a fantasy genre which concerns the use of famous literary or historical individuals and their interactions in the afterlife. It is named for John Kendrick Bangs who often wrote it. It's eccentric humor will have you chuckling all through. A good classic. Chapter titles: The discovery. --Mr. Boswell imparts some late news of Hades. --From advance sheets of Baron Munchausen's Further recollections. --A chat with Xanthippe. --The editing of Xanthippe. --The Boswell tours: Personally conducted. --An important decision. --A handbook to Hades. --Sherlock Holmes again. --Golf in Hades. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy! Also From the "Hades" Series: A House-Boat on the Styx https: //www.createspace.com/6448061 Other Book You Might Want to Devour Lady Susan by Jane Austen https: //www.createspace.com/6398116 The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen https: //www.createspace.com/6396464 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen https: //www.createspace.com/6425513 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen https: //www.createspace.com/6428190 Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen https: //www.createspace.com/6428537 Persuasion by Jane Austen https: //www.createspace.com/6427638 Love and Friendship by Jane Austen https: //www.createspace.com/6439962 The Call of the Wild by Jack London https: //www.createspace.com/6420473 White Fang by Jack London https: //www.createspace.com/6420475 The Game by Jack London https: //www.createspace.com/6420507 The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells https: //www.createspace.com/639620 My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse https: //www.createspace.com/6350043 Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse https: //www.createspace.com/6351425 Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome https: //www.createspace.com/6391854

Author Biography:

John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 - January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist. He edited some popular American magazines such as Harper's Weekly and Puck. His satirical novella A House-Boat on the Styx is responsible for the term Bangsian Fantasy, which refers to stories about famous people in the afterlife (e.g., Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series). He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis Nehemiah Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. Bangs. He went to Columbia University from 1880 to 1883 where he became editor of Columbia's literary magazine and contributed short anonymous pieces to humor magazines. After graduation in 1883, Bangs entered Columbia Law School but left in 1884 to become Associate Editor of Life under Edward S. Martin. Bangs contributed many articles and poems to the magazine between 1884 and 1888. During this period, Bangs published his first books. During the period between 1901 & 1906, Mr. Bangs was known to have spent at least parts of his summers at the Profile House in Franconia, New Hampshire. He owned one of the 20 connected cottages adjacent to the large hotel, which he sold to Cornelius Newton Bliss in August 1906. As a satirical writer, he was also known in the "Profile Cottage" circles as a jokester and prankster and was frequently the jovial topic of hotel guests and cottage owners alike.
Release date Australia
July 24th, 2016
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
88
Dimensions
152x229x5
ISBN-13
9781535483025
Product ID
37534803

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