Project Gutenberg 2006-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 279 Various Verschillende Various, Various Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punchinello Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, David Widger and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870" by Various is a satirical periodical published during the late 19th century. This publication, fitting within the genre of comic literature and newspaper satire, provides a humorous take on society, politics, and culture of its time. It includes various articles, sketches, and stories that reflect the character of American society and the comedic sensibilities of the era. The issue features a continuation of the serialized story "The Mystery of Mr. E. Drood" by Orpheus C. Kerr, which parodies the mysterious plots typical of the Victorian-era literature. The narrative focuses on characters such as Edwin Drood and Flora Potts, who navigate a comedic engagement scenario, playing with the absurdity of marriage contracts made by the deceased. The story weaves in additional comic sketches involving other characters such as Judge Sweeney and Mr. Bumstead, highlighting the ridiculousness of societal norms and legal proceedings through humor and absurdity. Overall, the magazine combines wit and laughter, making it an engaging satire of its time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/9636/9636-h/images/titlepage.jpg Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en American wit and humor -- Periodicals AP Text Punchinello Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature 102878 2025-06-04T10:15:45.878076 text/html 92108 2021-01-02T07:40:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2781325 2021-01-02T07:40:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2584448 2025-06-04T10:15:49.162106 application/epub+zip 2584279 2025-06-04T10:15:46.587087 application/epub+zip 130096 2025-06-04T10:15:46.131134 application/epub+zip 2640608 2025-06-04T10:15:51.115068 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2622485 2025-06-04T10:15:48.716075 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167312 2022-09-05T04:55:02.784325 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102162 2025-06-04T10:15:45.540068 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102062 2021-01-02T07:40:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 43969 2021-01-02T07:40:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 102058 2021-01-02T07:40:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43949 2021-01-02T07:40:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20108 2025-06-04T10:15:51.263048 application/rdf+xml 32074 2025-06-04T10:15:46.239054 image/jpeg 4500 2025-06-04T10:15:46.184062 image/jpeg 2807102 2025-06-04T10:15:45.940055 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