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John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.Coffee and ReparteeFirst released in 1893, Coffee And Repartee is a collection of breakfast chats at a gentlemans boarding house run by a Mrs. Smithers. Here these fellows repeatedly face questions and proclaimations of an inhabitant they call The Idiot. The discussions sound friendly under pretense, but are really sly battles of ribald wit and cunning charm, as well as rather offensive remarks during a time period considered by many to favour a height of refined etiquette. The Idiot spars well, but will the other residents get the better of him?

First published in 1893, Coffee and Repartee by John Kendrick Bangs is a series of breakfast conversations among ten gentlemen in the New York boarding house run by Mrs. Smithers. They call one of the guests - and a member of the company that gathers for morning coffee and breakfast every day - the Idiot and they tease him all the time. Sometimes the teasing is very subtle and elegant, at others times it is more vulgar, but whatever the style, the Idiot seems to be holding up marvelously. As it can be expected, in the end he proves to be much smarter than he looks and he will teach everyone a lesson, but until that point, the ten gentlemen talk a lot, show off a lot and provide perfect entertainment for the reader.Coffee and Repartee and The Idiot - that is the complete title of the book - is a typical example of the style and humor that made Bangs so popular. The conversations in the book blend refinement with a strong masculine attitude towards life and so do the characters featured. The ten gentlemen are like ten worlds apart. The Poet, The Genial Old Gentleman, The Bibliophile and the others all have their own special take on life and they all handle conversations and conflicts differently, but that does not stop them from debating various theories and events, from the importance of placing ads on the surface of the Moon to more common issues. They never seem to agree with each other, discord that becomes even more obvious when The Idiot is around, but in the end they are all united through friendship.Bangs' book reads more like a series of short sketches than a contiguous story, so it is just perfect for cheering yourself up, reading one section at a time.

Excerpt from Coffee and ReparteeAlarmed the Cook' What are the first symptoms of insanity?' Reading Webster's Dictionary' I stuck to the pigs' The Conspirators Weru't your ears long enough?' The corks pepped to some purpose last night If you could spare so little as one flame The School-master as a Cooler Reading the Sunday newspapers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist.He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis Nehemiah Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. Bangs.He went to Columbia College from 1880 to 1883 where he became editor of Columbia's literary magazine, Acta Columbia, and contributed short anonymous pieces to humor magazines. After graduation in 1883 with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Political Science, Bangs entered Columbia Law School but left in 1884 to become Associate Editor of Life under Edward S. Martin. Bangs contributed many articles and poems to the magazine between 1884 and 1888. During this period, Bangs published his first books.

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