Ade's Fables - Softcover

Ade, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444451553 ISBN 13: 9781444451559

Verlag: ValdeBooks, 2026

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Ade’s Fables brings together George Ade’s sharp, comic “new fables” of modern American life, where ambition, vanity, reforming zeal, social climbing, romance, family trouble, and everyday foolishness receive their proper punishment. Written in Ade’s unmistakable slangy style, these short pieces turn ordinary people into moral examples without ever becoming solemn. The private agitator, the speedy sprite, the intermittent fusser, the uplifter, the wandering boy, the wayward parent, the scoffer, the climber, and the dreamer all step forward to expose the absurdity of human behaviour. Ade’s genius lies in making satire feel light, fast, and conversational. His fables are not ancient tales of foxes and crows, but brisk comic sketches of recognisable modern types: self-important reformers, restless strivers, fashionable failures, domestic meddlers, and people who mistake noise for wisdom. Each story carries a sting, but the sting is delivered with laughter. For readers who enjoy American humour, literary satire, social comedy, and witty moral tales, Ade’s Fables offers a lively collection of comic observations. It is clever, pointed, and still surprisingly fresh in its view of human nature getting above itself.

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