Lardner

[ lahrd-ner ]

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Ring(gold Wil·mer) [ring, -gohld , wil, -mer], 1885–1933, U.S. short-story writer and journalist.

Lardner

/ ˈlɑːdnə /

LardnerRing(old Wilmer)18851933MUSWRITING: short-story writerWRITING: journalist Ring ( old Wilmer ). 1885–1933, US short-story writer and journalist, whose best-known works are collected in How to Write Short Stories (1924) and The Love Nest (1926)

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Fortunately for us, there's been a Lardner revival the past few years.

Please enjoy this gem, reprinted with permission from Lardner's family, on Titanic Thompson.

The most illuminating critical remark on Lardner came from an absurdly unlikely source, Virginia Woolf.

The story is Lardner at his best, skirting the fence between sentimentality and cynicism and achieving pathos.

Consider that Hemingway, writing sports for his high school paper, chose Ring Lardner as his pseudonym.

But, oddly enough, as he walked back to the hotel it was just Betty Lardner who made him think again of the legend.

Early in February he was invited for a week's hunting to a house at which Betty Lardner was also a guest.

Four of the ten days had passed before Betty Lardner ran across him on the promenade.

He is highly panegyrised by Dr. Lardner for his erudition, strength of mind, and wonderful memory.

Those who wish for details and explanations, will find them in the works of Dr. Lardner and others on the Telegraph.

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