Pigs Is Pigs
by Ellis Parker Butler
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This wildly popular short story was one of the most widely anthologized tales of the early twentieth century. A misunderstanding about guinea pigs causes a railway agent to overcharge for the animals' shipment, which in turn leads to disastrous results..
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I love guinea pigs and hate the ubiquitous red tape that the world runs on, so I greatly enjoyed this short story. It really was ludicrous but it was lots of fun and had me laughing out loud.
A wonderful funny story for all ages.
Delicious humor - loved it ! A
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Pigs Is Pigs
- Original publication date
- 1905
- Related movies
- Pigs is Pigs (1954 | IMDb); Pigs Is Pigs (1914 | IMDb)
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
- LCC
- PZ3 .B9766 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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Statistics
- Members
- 153
- Popularity
- 213,411
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (4.17)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 24
- ASINs
- 22
