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Humoresque (short story)

  • Also Known As: Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It
  • Type: Short Story

Humoresque is a 1919 short story by American author Fannie Hurst. - AsNotedIn

On either side of the Bowery, which cuts through like a drain to catch sewage, Every Man's land, a reeking march of humanity and humidity, steams with excrement of seventeen languages, flung in patois from tenement windows, fire-escapes, curbs, and cellars whose walls are terrible and spongy with fungi.




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Timeline

Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1919/03/00 Fannie Hurst Author "Humoresque" by Fannie Hurst is published in Cosmopolitan.
1919/03/00 Cosmopolitan magazine Publisher "Humoresque" by Fannie Hurst is published in Cosmopolitan.

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Particulars for Humoresque (short story):
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Art Type Short Story short form narrative fiction

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Original Language: English



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