Author:Guy Wetmore Carryl

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Guy Wetmore Carryl
(1873–1904)

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Guy Wetmore Carryl (March 4, 1873–April 1, 1904) was an American humorist, novelist, and poet. He was born in New York City, the first-born of author Charles Edward Carryl and Mary R. Wetmore. He is best known for his poems that are parodies of Aesop's Fables, Grimm's Fairy Tales and Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

Works

Poetry

The Garden of Years and Other Poems (1904, posthumous) – An anthology of the author’s poetry 1893–1902

Light verse

Fables for the Frivolous (1898) – Parodies of Aesop's Fables in verse (transcription project)
Mother Goose for Grownups (1900) – Parodies of The Tales of Mother Goose in verse
Grimm Tales Made Gay (1902) – Parodies of Grimm's Fairy Tales in verse (transcription project)

Novels

Short story collections

Zut and Other Parisians

Individual short stories

"The Playground of Paris" (in Harpers Monthly Magazine Dec 1903)
"Zut" (1903)

Magazine articles

Marvelous Coney Island (1901)

Works about Carryl

"Guy Wetmore Carryl", by Edmund Clarence Stedman from Genius, and other essays (1911).
"Guy Wetmore Carryl", by Carolyn Wells (1904).

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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