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1001 Afternoons in Chicago

Literary Classics

1001 Afternoons in Chicago

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1001 Afternoons in Chicago

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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

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FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateDec 5, 2023

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1FANNY

32ORNAMENTS

2THE AUCTIONEER&#x27;S WIFE

33THE WATCH FIXER

3FOG PATTERNS

34SCHOPENHAUER&#x27;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&#x27;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&quot;FA&#x27;N TA MIG!&quot;

50SERGT. KUZICK&#x27;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&#x27;S MINYON

25WHERE THE &quot;BLUES&quot; SOUND

56SOCIABLE GAMBLERS

26VAGABONDIA

57RIPPLES

27NIRVANA

58PITZELA&#x27;S SON

28SATRAPS AT PLAY

59PANDORA&#x27;S BOX

29MRS. SARDOTOPOLIS&#x27; EVENING OFF

60ILL-HUMORESQUE

30THE GREAT TRAVELER

61THE MAN WITH A QUESTION

31THUMBS UP AND DOWN

62GRASS FIGURES

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