The Romance of the Commonplace

Name: The Romance of the Commonplace
Author: Gelett Burgess

by Gelett Burgess

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2015-06-25

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

American essays

About the author

Gelett Burgess

1866–1951

A playful American writer and illustrator, he helped shape modern nonsense verse and left a lasting mark on popular language. He is best remembered for the "Goops" books, the "Purple Cow," and for helping popularize the word "blurb."

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