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Description edit
This collection of Vonnegut's short masterpieces share his audacious sense of humor and extraordinary creative vision.
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Characters/People edit
- George M. Helmholtz: Add a description of this character.
- George Bergeron: (Harrison Bergeron) Harrison Bergeron's father
- Joe Louis
- Paul
- Herbert Foster
- Harry Nash: (Who am I this time?) the only real actor of the North Crawford Mask and Wig Club amateur theatrical society and a clerk at Miller's Hardware Store
- David Potter
- Sylvia
- Susanna
- Louis J. Schwartz
- Helene Shaw: (Who am I this time?)
- Bryan Kelly
- Heinz Knechtmann
- Gramps Schwartz
- Nancy McLuhan
- Dr. Fred Bockman
- Norman Fuller
- Jim Donnini
- Newt
- Anne
- Bert Quinn
- George Murra
- Grace McClellan
- Billy
- Doctor Remenzel
- Madge
- Hazel Bergeron: (Harrison Bergeron) Harrison Bergeron's mother
- Stepan Ivankov
- John
- Lew Harrison
- Harold K. Bullard
- Eddie
- Catharine
- Whitehill
- Doris Sawyer: (Who am I this time?) the "default" director of the North Crawford Mask and Wig Club amateur theatrical society
- Margaret
- Harrison Bergeron: Geroge and Hazel Bergeron's son
- A. Barnhouse
- Gloria Hilton
- Kennedy
- Marion
- Thomas Edison
- Barzov
- Raymond Boyle
- Alexei
- Dr. Ellis Konigswasser
- Peter
- All-Night Sam
- Mr. Sousa
- Lydia Miller: (Who am I this time?) the actress that plays Blanche DuBois
- Bryant Ashland
- Jack London
- Pi Ying
- Tennessee Williams
- Mr. Ashland
- Abraham Lincoln
- Willy
- Mr. Lemuel K. Harger
- Morty
- Clarice
- Stella
- John Philip Sousa
- Henry Stewart Chasens
- Mrs. Leonard
- Alma
- Jerry
- Avchen
- Adlai Stevenson
- Verne Miller
- Mr. Koshevoi
- Calvin Coolidge
- Dwight David Eisenhower
- Bobby Kennedy
- Pat Kilgallen
- Mrs. Lemuel K. Harger
- Robert Scholes
- Richard Yates
- Bearse Hinkley
- Tom Kilyer
- Walter Reuther
- Ed Jason
- Foxy Grandpa
- Mary Kraft
- Susan
- Sparky
- Robert Taft Rumfoord
- Dr. Powers
- Emerald Schwartz
- Stan Dunkel
- Joseph C. Kennedy
- Nan
- Diana Moon Glampers
- Charlene
- William K. Cuthrell
- Dr. von Kleigstadt
- Mr. Dilling
- Lou Flammer
- Doctor Warren
- Marlon Brando
- Eli
- Mr. Leonard
- Mr. Netman
- Ben Barkley
- J. Edgar Nation
- William Howard Taft Rumfoord
- Lou Hammer
- Honus Barker
- George M. Helmholtz
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
NOT VERY LONG AGO, an encyclopedia salesman stopped by America's oldest library building, which is the lovely Sturgis Library in Barnstable Village, on Cape Cod's north shore.
Table of Contents edit
PREFACE
WHERE I LIVE
HARRISON BERGERON
WHO AM I THIS TIME ?
WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE
LONG WALK TO FOREVER
THE FOSTER PORTFOLIO
MISS TEMPTATION
ALL THE KINGS HORSES
TOM EDISON'S SHAGGY DOG
NEW DICTIONARY
NEXT DOOR
MORE STATELY MANSIONS
THE HYANNIS PORT STORY
D.P.
REPORT ON THE BARNHOUSE EFFECT
THE EUPHIO QUESTION
GO BACK TO YOUR PRECIOUS WIFE AND SON
DEER IN THE WORKS
THE LIE
UNREADY TO WEAR
THE KID NOBODY COULD HANDLE
THE MANNED MISSILES
EPICAC
ADAM
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1968
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1968
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 352
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( V ) › Vonnegut Jr., Kurt
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Authors, A-Z › ( V ) › Vonnegut, Kurt
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories
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