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Bennett Cerf (1898–1971)

Auteur de The Best Short Stories of O. Henry

100+ oeuvres 5,162 utilisateurs 47 critiques 6 Favoris

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Bennett Cerf was born in 1898, in Manhattan. He was educated at Columbia University. In 1925 he acquired the Modern Library with Donald Klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. A major figure of American publishing for more than four decades, Cerf died in afficher plus 1971. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Bennett Cerf

The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (1945) — Directeur de publication; Introduction — 605 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles (1960) 313 exemplaires
24 Favorite One Act Plays (1958) — Directeur de publication — 284 exemplaires
More Riddles (1961) 193 exemplaires
Sixteen Famous American Plays (1777) — Directeur de publication — 185 exemplaires
Great Modern Short Stories (1900) 178 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf’s Book of Laughs (1959) 166 exemplaires
Try and Stop Me (1944) 149 exemplaires
Twelve Famous Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1933) — Directeur de publication — 141 exemplaires
An Anthology of Famous American Stories (1953) — Directeur de publication — 137 exemplaires
Famous Ghost Stories (1944) — Directeur de publication — 134 exemplaires
Sixteen Famous British Plays (1942) — Directeur de publication — 112 exemplaires
Thirty Famous One-Act Plays (1943) — Directeur de publication; Avant-propos, quelques éditions110 exemplaires
The Arabian Nights (Modern Library) (1932) 103 exemplaires
Riddles and More Riddles! (1960) 103 exemplaires
The Life of the Party (1956) 85 exemplaires
Sixteen Famous European Plays (1941) 85 exemplaires
Bedside Book of Famous American Stories (1936) — Directeur de publication — 71 exemplaires
The Bedside Book of Famous British Stories (1940) — Directeur de publication — 66 exemplaires
Great German Short Novels and Stories (1933) — Directeur de publication — 59 exemplaires
Four Contemporary American Plays (1961) — Directeur de publication — 51 exemplaires
Reading for Pleasure (1957) — Directeur de publication — 51 exemplaires
The Laugh's on Me (1959) 47 exemplaires
An Anthology of Famous British Stories (1952) — Directeur de publication — 46 exemplaires
Plays of Our Time (1967) — Directeur de publication — 43 exemplaires
Six American Plays for Today (1961) 43 exemplaires
Three famous murder novels (1941) — Introduction — 43 exemplaires
Laugh Day (1965) 42 exemplaires
Stories Selected from The Unexpected (1948) — Directeur de publication — 39 exemplaires
Good for a Laugh (1952) 39 exemplaires
Shake Well Before Using (1948) 32 exemplaires
Laughter Incorporated (1950) 29 exemplaires
Riddle De-Dee (1962) 25 exemplaires
Anything for a Laugh (1946) 23 exemplaires
S. R. O. : The Most Successful Plays of the American Stage (1934) — Directeur de publication — 21 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf's Houseful of Laughter (1963) — Directeur de publication — 18 exemplaires
Silliest Pop-Up Riddles (1966) 18 exemplaires
The Sound of Laughter (1970) 18 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf's Take Along Treasury (1963) 17 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf's Pop-Up Riddle Book (1965) 16 exemplaires
The Pocket Book of War Humor (1942) 16 exemplaires
Pocket Book of Modern American Plays (1942) — Directeur de publication — 15 exemplaires
Modern American Short Stories (1945) — Directeur de publication — 15 exemplaires
Stories to Make You Feel Better (1972) 14 exemplaires
The Pocket Book of Cartoons (1943) — Directeur de publication — 13 exemplaires
Famous Plays of Crime and Detection, from Sherlock Holmes to Angel Street (1946) — Directeur de publication — 13 exemplaires
Fifteen Famous European Plays (1942) — Directeur de publication — 10 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf's Pop-Up Limericks (1967) 7 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf's best jokes (1959) 4 exemplaires
The Laugh Round-Up 4 exemplaires
Little Riddles 2 (1984) 4 exemplaires
Little Riddles 1 (1984) 3 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf's new book of jokes (1958) 3 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf's Little Riddle Book (1964) 3 exemplaires
Bennett Cerf's New Laughs (1961) 2 exemplaires
Book of Animal Riddles 2 exemplaires
Famous ghost stories 1 exemplaire
try and stop me Dup)? 1 exemplaire
the life of the party 1 exemplaire
good for a laugh 1 exemplaire
Little Riddles 4 (Bk. 4) (1984) 1 exemplaire
Riddles 1 exemplaire
try and stop me 1 exemplaire
Famous Ghost Stories (1946) 1 exemplaire
Laugh's on Me. The 1 exemplaire

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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (2001) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions1,783 exemplaires
The Arabian Nights, Volume 1 (1991) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions672 exemplaires
Fun Fare: A Treasury of Reader's Digest Wit and Humor (1948) — Contributeur — 106 exemplaires
The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (1963) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
The Bathroom Reader (1946) — Directeur de publication; Contributeur — 3 exemplaires

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An Anthology, carefully containing all the big sellers of the previous decades and ignoring any interesting asides.
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DinadansFriend | 1 autre critique | Feb 3, 2024 |
Amusing stories, though I believe my grandparents found it much more amusing than I did. A lot of the reference/ jokes to do with spouses was very much of the "I hate my wife, lol" sorry if humour that I think was very popular as a trope among boomers but that I personally find quite cringe. Still, if you can firmly keep this book in the context of its own tone and culture, it has many funny moments
 
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LadyLast | 2 autres critiques | Oct 11, 2023 |
Mr Cerf was a popular humour writer of the 1950's and early 1960's. I wanted to amuse myself, and to learn what was considered funny inmain stream america.
 
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DinadansFriend | 1 autre critique | Oct 4, 2023 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
100
Aussi par
6
Membres
5,162
Popularité
#4,820
Évaluation
4.0
Critiques
47
ISBN
93
Langues
4
Favoris
6

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