Fables in Slang

by George Ade from 1899

About

Ade's original Fables in Slang (1899) introduced his unique comic genre: American vernacular fables where Proper Nouns are Capitalized For Emphasis and the moral is always devastatingly on-point. 'The Fable of the Base Stealer Who Didn't Know His Place' and similar titles give the tone. These fables are among the funniest American comic writing of the 1890s-1900s.

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Fables in Slang

Words: 16.2k
Duration: ~2 hr 2 min

25 sections

16.2k words

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Fables in Slang

4093:04

2

The Fable of the Visitor Who Got a Lot for Three Dollars

4423:19

3

The Fable of the Slim Girl Who Tried to Keep a Date that was Never Made

4083:04

4

The Fable of the New York Person Who Gave the Stage Fright to Fostoria, Ohio

5223:55

5

The Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His Ideal

3372:32

6

The Fable of the Base Ball Fan Who Took the Only Known Cure

1.7k12:55

7

The Fable of the Unintentional Heroes of Centreville

4793:36

8

The Fable of the Parents Who Tinkered with the Offspring

4233:10

9

The Fable of How He Never Touched George

2742:03

10

The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite, but not Because He Wished to Do So

9206:54

11

The Fable of Handsome Jethro, Who was Simply Cut Out to be a Merchant

6244:41

12

The Fable of Paducah's Favorite Comedians and the Mildewed Stunt

9106:50

13

The Fable of Flora and Adolph and a Home Gone Wrong

9477:06

14

The Fable of the Copper and the Jovial Undergrads

4143:06

15

The Fable of the Professor Who Wanted to be Alone

2962:13

16

The Fable of a Statesman Who Couldn't Make Good

5213:54

17

The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Peach Who Learned that There Were Others

9967:28

18

The Fable of Sister Mae, Who Did as Well as Could Be Expected

6444:50

19

The Fable of How the Fool-Killer Backed Out of a Contract

2782:05

20

The Fable of the Caddy Who Hurt His Head while Thinking

2682:01

21

The Fable of the Martyr Who Liked the Job

3972:59

22

The Fable of the Bohemian Who had Hard Luck

4403:18

23

The Fable of the Coming Champion Who was Delayed

1.1k8:36

24

The Fable of the Lawyer Who Brought in a Minority Report

2972:14

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The Fable of the Two Mandolin Players and the Willing Performer

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