The second volume of three Kendrick Bangs in the land beyond the Styx A HouseBoat on the Styx The Pursuit of the HouseBoat The Enchanted Typewriter Mr. Munchausen American author John Kendrick Bangs was a well known writer and editor whose work appeared in Life, Harpers Bazaar and Harpers Magazine. His speciality was making his readers laugh and he was delightfully termed the editor in charge of the Department of Humour for all three publications. This job profile no doubt gave him enormous satisfaction and he went on to edit both The Metropolitan Magazine and Puck which was the foremost American humour magazine at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century. It is by no means unusual for those with a taste for the weird and ghostly to also enjoy humour, for often is the sharp intake of a breath of fright followed by a burst of laughterif only in relief? However, John Kendrick Bangs could combine both the other worldly and genuine satire in his stories to create truly humorous supernatural tales. The Associated Shades novellas that appear in volume two of this Leonaur three volume collection are a good example in them we follow real (but deceased) historical personalities as they live again and join forces with famous fictional characters in incredible adventures on the banks of the River Styx. Although Bangs always looked for the opportunity to raise a smile in his stories readers may be assured that they can also be genuinely chilling. John Kendrick Bangs is a true...

Binding: Hardcover;348 pages; Publisher: Oakpast; Classification: FK; Weight: 712 g; Dimensions: 149 x 224 x 32

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