Length8h 29m
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1001 Afternoons in Chicago were launched in June, 1921. They were presented to the public as journalism extraordinary; journalism that invaded the realm of literature, where in large part, journalism really dwells. They went out backed by confidence in the genius of Ben Hecht. The sketches themselves reveal Hecht's literary powers and creative delight in them; they ring with the happiness of a spirit at last free to tell what it feels; they teem with thought and impressions long treasured; they are a recital of songs echoing the voices of Ben's own city and performed with a virtuosity granted to him alone. They announced to a Chicago audience which only half understood them, the arrival of a prodigy whose precise significance is still unmeasured.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length8 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 5, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1FANNY
32ORNAMENTS
2THE AUCTIONEER'S WIFE
33THE WATCH FIXER
3FOG PATTERNS
34SCHOPENHAUER'S SON
4DON QUIXOTE AND HIS LAST WINDMILL
35WORLD CONQUERORS
5THE MAN HUNT
36THE MAN FROM YESTERDAY
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6MR. WINKELBERG
37THUMBNAIL LOTHARIOS
7A SELF-MADE MAN
38THE SOUL OF SING LEE
8TO BERT WILLIAMS
39MRS. RODJEZKE'S LAST JOB
9MICHIGAN AVENUE
40THE DAGGER VENUS
10COEUR DE LION AND THE SOUP AND FISH
41LETTERS
11THE SYBARITE
42THE MOTHER
12DAPPER PETE AND THE SUCKER PLAY
43CLOCKS AND OWL CARS
13WATERFRONT FANCIES
44CONFESSIONS
14THE SNOB
45AN IOWA HUMORESQUE
15THE WAY HOME
46THE EXILE
16THE PIG
47JAZZ BAND IMPRESSIONS
17THE LITTLE FOP
48NIGHT DIARY
18MOTTKA
49THE LAKE
19"FA'N TA MIG!"
50SERGT. KUZICK'S WATERLOO
20FANTASTIC LOLLYPOPS
51DEAD WARRIOR
21NOTES FOR A TRAGEDY
52THE TATTOOER
22CORAL, AMBER AND JADE
53THE THING IN THE DARK
23MEDITATION IN E MINOR
54AN OLD AUDIENCE SPEAKS
24TEN-CENT WEDDING RINGS
55MISHKIN'S MINYON
25WHERE THE "BLUES" SOUND
56SOCIABLE GAMBLERS
26VAGABONDIA
57RIPPLES
27NIRVANA
58PITZELA'S SON
28SATRAPS AT PLAY
59PANDORA'S BOX
29MRS. SARDOTOPOLIS' EVENING OFF
60ILL-HUMORESQUE
30THE GREAT TRAVELER
61THE MAN WITH A QUESTION
31THUMBS UP AND DOWN
62GRASS FIGURES
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