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The Owl in The Attic

The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities is a 1931 book by American author and cartoonist James Thurber that collects many of his short humorous pieces previously published in The New Yorker. It is divided into three parts, with the first featuring stories about the Monroe couple, the second answering pet questions, and the third parodying a guide to English usage through fractured essays and Thurber's illustrations.

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The Owl in The Attic

The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities is a 1931 book by American author and cartoonist James Thurber that collects many of his short humorous pieces previously published in The New Yorker. It is divided into three parts, with the first featuring stories about the Monroe couple, the second answering pet questions, and the third parodying a guide to English usage through fractured essays and Thurber's illustrations.

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The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities

James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961).


 An American cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. 
 The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities is a book by James Thurber first published in 1931
by Harper and Brothers.
 It collects a number of short humorous pieces, most of which had appeared in The New Yorker,
and an introduction by E. B. White.
Form
 Part One: Mr and Mrs Monroe: A number of short stories featuring the Mr and Mrs Monroe and
which contain many autobiographical elements.
 Part Two: The Pet Department: "Inspired by the daily pet column in the New York Evening Post"
and consisting of a number of short question and answers, each illustrated by a Thurber drawing.
 Part Three: Ladies and Gentlemen's Guide to Modern English Usage. "Inspired by Mr. H. W.
Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage".
 There’s “Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Guide To Modern English Usage”, a series of fractured essays
where Thurber twists the rules of grammar in highly inappropriate ways.
 This is Thurber torturing the English language to hilarious ends, but the accompanying
illustrations don’t have all that much to do with the actual essays.

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