Algonquin Wits

By Robert E Drennan

In the 1920's and 30's, the hub of America's wit and humor was the famed Round Table of the Algonguin Hotel in New York City. Gathering there frequentlywere some of the sharpest minds (and pens) of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806504641
• ISBN13: 9780806504643
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Citadel
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderfully witty!

If you are acquainted with the writings and personalities of Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott and other distinguished wits who lunched in the '30s and early '40s at their special table in New York's Algonquin Hotel, you will especially relish this small but golden collection of their sophisticated one-liners - mostly barbed put-downs. But even if those names are unfamiliar to you, I think you'll enjoy this book if you appreciate sophisticated repartee. Incidentally, one member of the select group was Harpo Marx, who never uttered a word while performing as the zaniest of the Marx Brothers. A couple of Harpo's sallies are included in this delightful compilation.

Humor of the Times

For those who enjoy the classic wit of the 30s and 40s this is a truly fun read. It's a shame we don't seem to have any folks with the intellect and pithy observations of our society we once had. I highly recommend this book as throwback to those times.