Books written by Thorne Smith

  • Thorne Smith: the Bishop's Jaegers-Original Edition(Annotated)

    Those that don't (Bishop Waller) become the subject of ridicule.As with almost all Thorne Smith novels, the fun ensues when the characters let down their hair (take off their clothes) and thumb their noses at the rules and regulations set ...

  • The Bishop's Jaegers
    The Bishop's Jaegers

    “Why, Havelock Ellis is actually pecking at the Bishop,” a voice exclaimed. “Both actually and viciously,” gasped the Bishop. “And in an exceedingly mortifying spot, let me assure you.” “There could be worse,” the philosopher observed.

  • Lazy Bear Lane
    Lazy Bear Lane

    “Welcome, Mr. Lazy Bear. Take a chair — any chair. Welcome, Mr. Squirrel, too. Howdy do. How are you? “Welcome, one and welcome, all Jolly of you both to call. Hence this effort at a jingle. — Shake the hand of Mr. Bingle.

  • Skin and Bones: Strangely Funny

    Skin and Bones is the story of Mr. Quintus Bland, the eminent photographer, whose efforts to perfect X-ray film had, one evening, the unfortunate effect of leaving Mr. Bland in the position of an X-ray film himself; in other words, him ...

  • The Passionate Witch
    The Passionate Witch

    A self-important tycoon meets his future wife when he rescues her from a hotel fire.

  • Delphi Complete Works of Thorne Smith (Illustrated)
    Delphi Complete Works of Thorne Smith (Illustrated)

    ... a woodsman who lived in a clearing in the forest with his wife and their little daughter. Now when the old deer, whose name was Tonka, found out what the woodsman had done, she was so overcome with grief and rage that she decided to ...

  • Dream's End
    Dream's End

    ... a woodsman who lived in a clearing in the forest with his wife and their little daughter. Now when the old deer, whose name was Tonka, found out what the woodsman had done, she was so overcome with grief and rage that she decided to ...

  • The Night Life of the Gods
    The Night Life of the Gods

    "The Night Life of the Gods" is a humorous novel set in an English family home. Mr. Alfred Pollard Lambert had lost his wife's fortune in a series of business...

  • Turnabout
    Turnabout

    Though Thorne Smith's most popular works involve elements of fantasy and science fiction, the clever novel Turnabout takes his penchant for incorporating supernatural and magical themes in his work and puts one such plot twist to use as a ...

  • Turnabout
    Turnabout

    Thorne Smith pits two thoroughly modern married people in a classic battle of the sexes.

  • Turnabout (Annotated)
    Turnabout (Annotated)

    Sally Willows envied her adman husband his glamorous work; Tim Willows felt Sally lived in ease and luxury while he was sweating to pay the bills. So an ill-tempered minor god, tired of their bickering, worked a modest miracle...

  • Turnabout Illustrated

    Based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Thorne Smith, the screenplay was written by Mickell Novack, Bernie Giler and John McClain with additional dialogue by Rian James.

  • The Bishop's Jaegers
    The Bishop's Jaegers

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  • The Bishop's Jaegers
    The Bishop's Jaegers

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  • Bishop's Jaegers

    Bishop's Jaegers