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A collection of short comic essays and sketches that lampoon everyday absurdities—from misdirected telephone calls and railway guides to legal pomposity, artistic pretensions, and London eccentricities. Individual pieces alternate between extended humorous anecdotes, mock-serious parodies, and brief satirical portraits, using wordplay, irony, and conversational timing to expose institutional inertia and social pretence. Recurring concerns include communication failures, bureaucratic folly, and the gap between public dignity and private chaos, while whimsical inventions and gentle moral asides add variety and warmth.

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Title: Little rays of moonshine

Author: A. P. Herbert

Release date: April 13, 2024 [eBook #73390]
Most recently updated: June 24, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1921

Credits: Alan, Susan E. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Little Rays of Moonshine

BOOKS BY A. P. HERBERT


THE BOMBER GIPSY

THE SECRET BATTLE

THE HOUSE-BY-THE-RIVER

LITTLE RAYS OF MOONSHINE


New York: Alfred A. Knopf