Project Gutenberg 2025-01-27 Public domain in the USA. 172 Jones, Robert Webster 1874 1947 22023145 Light interviews with shades $aPhiladelphia :$bDorrance & Co., $c1922. Bluebeard tells why he killed wives -- Queen Elizabeth discloses why she never married -- John Paul Jones and a grogless navy -- Joshua advises daylight saving -- King Solomon's family vacation trip -- Brigham Young endorses woman suffrage -- Hippocrates on modern doctors -- Methuselah gives longevity secrets -- Jesse James talks on tipping -- Shakespeare mentions movies -- Adam condemns present fashions -- Captain Kidd speaks on tag days -- Alfred the Great tries to find prosperous king -- Old King Cole gives views on prohibition -- King Henry VIII admits some matrimonial mistakes -- Don Quixote says he "wasn't so crazy as some modern reformers" -- Pharaoh solves servant problem -- Nero discusses jazz -- Lord Bacon muses on ciphers. Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Light Interviews with Shades" by Robert Webster Jones is a collection of humorous satirical interviews with historical and fictional characters, written in the early 20th century. The book features prominent figures such as Bluebeard, Queen Elizabeth, and others, as they candidly discuss various aspects of life, relationships, and society from their unique, and often comedic, perspectives. The opening of the work introduces readers to the character of Bluebeard, who is presented as surprisingly amiable and self-reflective during an interview. The narrator, acting as a reporter, engages with Bluebeard about the reasons behind his notorious reputation for marital misdeeds, revealing a series of comedic anecdotes about his ex-wives and the misunderstandings that led him to his infamous path. As Bluebeard shares his stories, the tone sets a lighthearted and witty style that continues throughout the collection, as readers are invited to explore the thoughts and lives of various historical figures in an entertaining, if tongue-in-cheek, manner. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/lightinterviewsw00jone/page/n5/mode/2up 20220909014740jones 1922 US Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en American wit and humor Spiritualism -- Humor PS Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 213416 2025-06-29T14:27:35.087536 text/html 188662 2025-01-27T17:30:10 text/html 361825 2025-06-29T14:27:39.617486 application/epub+zip 359538 2025-06-29T14:27:36.215449 application/epub+zip 196376 2025-06-29T14:27:35.575473 application/epub+zip 639170 2025-06-29T14:27:42.219491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 611100 2025-06-29T14:27:39.147454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189229 2025-06-29T14:27:34.772450 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169303 2025-01-27T17:30:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16381 2025-06-29T14:27:42.352416 application/rdf+xml 9389 2025-06-29T14:27:35.822432 image/jpeg 1905 2025-06-29T14:27:35.696455 image/jpeg 385131 2025-06-29T14:27:35.112441 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog