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For readers who love gentle satire, ghost comedy and Victorian-era humor, and anyone who enjoys imagining famous people chatting about their vanities and grudges.
Che cos’è questo libro
The Enchanted Typewriter is a light comic fantasy by John Kendrick Bangs, an American humorist who wrote at the end of the nineteenth century. Its idea is simple and sharp. A writer comes into possession of a typewriter that is somehow connected to the world of the dead, and through it the shades of well-known figures of history send him their words.
Bangs had already made his name with comic tales of ghosts and the afterlife, including A House-Boat on the Styx. Here he keeps the same mischief and the same affection for his subjects. You get gentle satire, quick talk and the pleasure of hearing great names behave like people with vanities and grudges. Let us begin with the odd machine itself and the comic rules that govern it.
In questo riassunto
- 1A typewriter with a link to the deadFree
- 2Great names speak in their own manner
- 3What the jokes quietly say about fame
- 4A light voice that rewards short sittings
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A typewriter with a link to the dead
The book begins with its central device. A modern machine, the typewriter, was a new and slightly strange tool in the 1890s. Bangs turns it into a kind of spiritual telephone. The writer who owns it finds that it does not only type what he wants, but also what others wish to say through it.
This gives the book its shape. Instead of one long plot, it offers a series of sketches, each built around a message or a visit from beyond. The writer plays the part of a puzzled, good-humored host and recorder. He is a stand-in for the reader, who is meant to enjoy the oddity rather than question how it works.
The comedy starts from the clash between old and new. Figures from past centuries must deal with a clattering modern device and the habits of a modern writer. Bangs likes the small friction that results, and he uses it to make each sketch lively from the first line.
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Questions about La macchina da scrivere incantata
What is The Enchanted Typewriter about?
It is a comic fantasy about a writer whose typewriter is linked to the dead, so that figures from history send their words through it. The book is a series of humorous sketches rather than one long plot.
Who wrote The Enchanted Typewriter and when?
John Kendrick Bangs, an American humorist, wrote it. It dates from around 1899, in the same period as his other comic tales of ghosts and the afterlife.
Is The Enchanted Typewriter a true story?
No. It is a work of humorous fiction. Whatever the figures who appear, their talk is invented by Bangs for comic effect and satire.
Is The Enchanted Typewriter hard to read?
No. The style is light, quick and conversational. The central comic idea is clear and the sketches are short.
What other books are like The Enchanted Typewriter?
Readers often turn to other works by Bangs, such as A House-Boat on the Styx and Ghosts I Have Met, which share his comic view of ghosts and the afterlife.