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George Ade


Born
in Kentland, Ind., The United States
February 09, 1866

Died
May 16, 1944

Genre
Humor

Influences
Mark Twain ...more


George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright.

Ade's literary reputation rests upon his achievements as a great humorist of American character during an important era in American history: the first large wave of migration from the countryside to burgeoning cities like Chicago, where, in fact, Ade produced his best fiction. He was a practicing realist during the Age of (William Dean) Howells and a local colorist of Chicago and the Midwest. His work constitutes a vast comedy of Midwestern manners and, indeed, a comedy of late 19th-century American manners. In 1915, Sir Walter Raleigh, Oxford professor and man of letters, while on a lecture tour in America, called George Ade "the greate ...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 671 ratings · 117 reviews · 199 distinct works • Similar authors
Fables in Slang
3.63 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1899 — 140 editions
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The Fable of The Preacher W...
2.96 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions
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The Set of Poe
3.57 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1897 — 2 editions
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The Old-Time Saloon: Not We...
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3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1931 — 8 editions
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Ade's Fables
3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — 8 editions
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People You Know
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3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1903 — 94 editions
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Knocking the Neighbors
3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1912 — 99 editions
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The Slim Princess
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2.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2005 — 102 editions
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More Fables
3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1900 — 94 editions
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Forty Modern Fables
4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1901 — 68 editions
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“After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.”
― George Ade
tags: writing
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“In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of entertainment. ”
― George Ade
tags: city, country, entertainment, funeral, traffic
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“A lot of smart young people have come out of Indiana. The smarter they are, the faster they come out”
― George Ade
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