the secret life of walter mitty by james grover thurber

His best-known short stories are 'The Dog That Bit People' and 'The Night the Bed Fell' they can be found in My Life and Hard Times, which was his 'break-out' book. Many of his short stories are humorous fictional memoirs from his life, but he also wrote darker material, such as 'The Whip-Poor-Will', a story of madness and murder. A number of his short stories were made into movies, including 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' (1947), which is also regarded as one of the best short stories written in the twentieth century.

He published at least fourteen more books, including The Thurber Carnival (1945), Thurber Country (1953), and the extremely popular account of the life of the New Yorker editor Harold Ross, The Years with Ross (1959). The last twenty years of Thurber's life were filled with material and professional success. In collaboration with his college friend Elliott Nugent, he wrote the Broadway comedy The Male Animal, later adapted into a film, which starred Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland. In 2013, the second film adaptation of his story, 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' came out. One of the most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories, such as 'The Catbird Seat', published mainly in The New Yorker magazine and collected in his numerous books. James Thurber was an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction.200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.

The secret life of walter mitty by james grover thurber