01673 a2200277 4500 114657 114657 BJBSDDR 20230411090700.0 ta 170920b2016 enk||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780241978542 spa BJBSDDR eng PR 931 M636e 2016 828.02 Mikes, George, 1912-1987 English humour for beginners / George Mikes; Walter Goetz [London] : Penguin Books, 2016. 146 p.: ill.; 21 cm Originally published by Andre Deutsch Limited in 1980. If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humour. So proclaims George Mikes' timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon. Whether it's understatement, self-deprecation or plain cruelty, the three elements he identifies as essential to our sense of humour, being witty here is a way of life. Perfectly placed as an adopted Englishman himself, Mikes delivers his shrewd advice - helpfully divided into 'Theory' and 'Practice' - with a comic precision that does his chosen country proud. Drawing on a trove of examples from our rich comic canon, from Orwell (Every joke is a tiny revolution ) to Oscar Wilde, this is the essential handbook for natives and foreigners alike. Mrs Kennedy: I don't think, Mr Churchill, that I have told you anything about my grandchildren. Winston Churchill: For which, madam, I am infinitely grateful. Humorismo Inglés Historia y crítica. 14639 Humor en la literatura. 14640 13035 Goetz, Walter, lcc BK dpf 0 0 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2020-09-17 0 PR 931 M636e 2016 00000146537 2020-09-17 00:00:00 1 2020-09-17 BK