Love Conquers All [Paperback]

Robert Benchley (Author), Gluyas Williams (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2000

Illustrated by Gluyas Williams.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Published in 1922 and 1921, respectively, these collections of Benchley's humorous essays feature his observations on daily life, ranging from marriage, business, and gardening to newspapers, opera, trout fishing, and even toothaches. The jokes no doubt are a bit dated, but human nature doesn't change that much.
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"[These] pieces stand up today as very little else of the humor of the '20s and '30s does." -- Babette Rosmond, author of "Robert Benchley: His Life and Good Times"

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Product Details

• Paperback: 310 pages
• Publisher: Common Reader (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888173718
• ISBN-13: 978-1888173710
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,794,241 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine collection of humorous short pieces., November 17, 2004

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J. C. George "Compulsive Reader" (New Mexico, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Conquers All (Paperback)

"Love Conquers All," by Robert Benchley, is a collection of 63 short humor that appeared in magazines prior to 1922. We have a handful of funny reviews of books that are probably no longer available (but you don't need to know about the book to laugh at the review) such as "Measure Your Mind," or "Those Dangerously Dynamic British Girls." There are a few parodies of opera plots, always a hard thing to do since opera plots are so fundamentally absurd anyway, but Benchley manages it nicely.

There are also a few pieces on how to watch various sports; "How to Watch a Chess Match," "Watching Baseball," and "The Score in the Stands" are all a trifle dated but still amuse. Students who go home for Christmas will understand "Home for the Holidays," even though it is quite out of date too; the humor endures even though many of the references are out of date (dress-studs?).

All in all, a wonderful book even though some of the humor is a little hard to get to.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Clean Fun, January 1, 2010

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This review is from: Love Conquers All (Kindle Edition)

Benchley's eye for the absurd rarely misses, and he offers an entertaining view of a "simpler" time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent Humor, October 12, 2011

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Robert E. Ludemann (Merrick, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Conquers All (Paperback)

"Love Conquers All" was an early reminder of the genius that was to come from the pen of Robert Benchley. At the advice of a numerologist Benchley would drop the middle initial from his byline on the promise of future success. No matter how you feel about numerology it was clear that Benchley did not need any added luck or karma. Admirers agree that he blazed an individual trail of intelligence in the fields of criticism and humor. Robert Benchley needs to have a renaissance. The exhibition of his movie shorts on Turner Classic Movies lately is a good step in that direction.