ILLUSTRATIONS
They look him over as if he were a fresh air child
being given a day’s outing.
The watcher walks around the table, giving each hand
a careful scrutiny.
“’Round and &rsq...
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Robert Benchley (1889-1945) was one of the most popular and influential humorists of 20th century America. He took his gentle, self-deprecating wit to celebrity in literature, the theater, and the mov...
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Robert Benchley combined in his life and work many of the traditional qualities of the American humorist. First, and most important, like Washington Irving and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benchley was a su...
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Love Conquers All
Robert Benchley
Robert (Charles) Benchley