
audiobook
WILL ROSSITER’S ORIGINALTALKALOGUES.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
WILL ROSSITER’S OriginalTalkalogues
The Man fromSquashopolis
The Pacific Slop
WOULDN’T GOLF DIALECT DO?
HAPPENINGS IN KEROSENELAMPVILLE
Rapid Fire
“A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME”
AN ORIGINAL HABEAS CORPUS CASE
A quirky, first‑person sketch opens with a hapless husband who finds himself stranded far from the theater after a comically heated argument with his wife over who drives better. Their car rolls off the road, leaving him to juggle a broken vehicle, a silent spouse, and a lingering sense of “falling out.” The narrator’s dry wit turns everyday frustrations—miscommunication, stubborn pride, and the absurdities of early automobile travel—into a lively commentary on the challenges of keeping a marriage on track.
From there, the story veers into an amusing examination of the social expectations surrounding marriage and work. Our protagonist recounts how he “married for a job,” only to discover that domestic life brings its own parade of oddities: sleepless nights, a relentlessly whiny infant, and the advice of well‑meaning neighbors. With playful exaggeration and a dash of period‑era slang, the piece captures the chaotic charm of an ordinary man trying to navigate love, labor, and the occasional pharmacy remedy. Listeners will relish the humor that shines through the everyday absurdities of early twentieth‑century life.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (128K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/))
Release date
2016-10-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

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