My Life and Hard Times (Rep)
James Thurber
Memoir / Non-Fiction
My Life and Hard Times (Rep)
by James Thurber
—· 114 p· 1933
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonfunnylighthearted
Overview
About
Parade of comic characters and hilarious anecdotes as the American humorist recalls his Ohio childhood.
Pages
114
Harper & Row
Linguistic complexity
2/5
Straightforward
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Comic Timing10
Narration9
Anecdotal Structure9
Pacing8
Prose7
Emotional depth6
Worldbuilding2
Plot twists2
My journey
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