Chips Off the Old Benchley
β Scribed by Robert Benchley
- Publisher
- MobileRead.com
- Year
- 1949
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist, actor, and drama critic. His main persona, that of a slightly confused, ineffectual, socially awkward bumbler, served in his essays and short films to gain him the sobriquet βthe humoristβs humorist.β The character allowed him to comment brilliantly on the worldβs absurdities. (βEncyclopedia Britannica ~~~ Benchley is best remembered for his contributions to periodicals such as Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. Collections of these essays and articles stand today as tribute to his brilliance.
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