F. Anstey

In Brief Authority

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Produktbeschreibung

"In Brief Authority" by F. Anstey delivers a delightful collection of short stories brimming with satire, fantasy, and enduring humor. Within these pages, readers will discover expertly crafted tales that playfully explore the absurdities of human nature through a lens of imaginative fiction. Anstey's work transcends time, offering witty observations and fantastical scenarios that resonate just as powerfully today. Dive into this treasury of short fiction, where magic and satire intertwine to create a uniquely entertaining reading experience. A master of humorous fiction, Anstey presents a world where the ordinary is delightfully subverted by the extraordinary. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781023239691
• ISBN-10: 1023239698
• Artikelnr.: 74105807

Autorenporträt

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (writing as F. Anstey or FT Anstey), was an English writer best known for his humorous novel Vice Versa, about a boarding school child and his father who switch identities. The Tinted Venus, as well as other funny parodies in Punch magazine, reinforced his reputation. He was born in Kensington, London, to organist and composer Augusta Amherst Austen and Thomas Anstey Guthrie. He was educated at King's College School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and admitted to the bar in 1880. Guthrie's younger brother, Leonard Guthrie (1858-1918), was a physician. The widespread success of his story Vice Versa (1882), with its topsy-turvy replacement of a father for his schoolboy son, established him as an innovative comedian. In 1883, he wrote a serious book, The Giant's Robe, which George Gissing called'very poor stuff'. Anstey learned (again in 1889 with The Pariah) that the public preferred to consider him as a comic rather than a serious author. As a result, his fame was reinforced by The Black Poodle (1884), The Tinted Venus (1885), A Fallen Idol (1886), and other masterpieces.