Mister Ron's Basement II

By Ron Evry

***"The stories are gentler than what passes for humor today, but what's surprising is how current some of them are. Human folly doesn't change much from decade to decade."

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February 07, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #274
Tue, Feb 07 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #274 Fanny Fern's 1854 tirade about getting ticked off with a world that rushes by way too fast strikes a familiar chord today. 'When You Are Angry' is a fabulous story helping us commemorate the recent Death of the Telegram. Time: approx four minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Fanny Fern Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Fanny_Fern_Stories.html
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February 06, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #273
Mon, Feb 06 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #273 O Henry's 1906 story 'The Romance of a Busy Broker' is part of our week-long commemoration of the recent death of the Telegram. How busy can a businessman be? Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html
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February 05, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #272
Sun, Feb 05 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #272 In commemeration of the recent Death of the Telegram (January 27, 2006), we are presenting stories that feature telegrams or telegraphs this week. Today's is the first chapter of a charming and very funny novel by Ellis Parker Butler from 1907 -- 'Kilo-- Being the Love Story of Eliph Hewlitt, Book Agent.' Time: approx twelve minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html
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February 04, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #271
Sat, Feb 04 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #271 George Ade gives us a peek at the development of a smash show-biz act in the 1903 story 'The Sickly Dream and How It Was Doctored Up.' Time: approx eight and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html
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February 03, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #270
Fri, Feb 03 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #270 George Ade fills us in on the demanding tastes of a young woman who knows Exactly What She is Looking For in the 1901 story, 'The Fable of the Girl Who Could Compromise in a Pinch.' Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html
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February 02, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #269
Thu, Feb 02 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #269 Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Annie Howells Frechette, the sister of noted author William Dean Howells, wrote for many periodicals. From McClure's Magazine, sometime in the late 1890s, comes her delightful tale of a family who learns the perils of being early adopters of advanced technology, 'The Joneses' Telephone.' Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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February 01, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #268
Wed, Feb 01 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #268 Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Marietta Holley's 'Josiah Allen's Wife' series of books sold over ten million copies during her lifetime, yet her work is almost unknown today.'Ardella Tutt and Her Mother' from 1887 is a humorous look at an overbearing mother and her 'poetic' daughter. Time: approx twenty-one minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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January 31, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #267
Tue, Jan 31 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #267 Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Being the Life of the Party is not all it's cracked up to be in 'A Fatal Reputation' by Isabel Frances Bellows, written around 1880. Time: approx twelve minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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12min
January 30, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #266
Mon, Jan 30 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #266 Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Once a treasured part of American culture, Francis M. Whicher's 'Widow Bedott' is totally forgotten today. From 1856 comes her story, 'The Widow Trades With A Peddler.' Time: approx eighteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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January 29, 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #265
Sun, Jan 29 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #265 Funny women writers of the 19th Century are in the Basement this week! Metta Victoria Victor was a prolific author who cranked out many Dime Novels, often under a variety of pen names. Her hilarious 1859 story 'Miss Slimmens Surprised' deals with a primal fear -- having to run out of the house in your underwear during a fire! Time: approx eight minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html
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