Love Conquers All (Illustrated)

"It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous."
- Robert Benchley

“Benchley was kinder than Dorothy Parker, less manic than S.J. Perlman, not quite so curmudgeonly as James Thurber – and arguably the funniest of them all … one of the century’s great comic geniuses.”
- Alix Wilber

This is the second of fifteen collections of Robert Benchley's humorous essays and book reviews. Benchley's rapier-sharp wit will amuse and entertain you. This volume contains 63 gems from his early work, when his style was approaching its peak. Each of these pieces are newly illustrated with the funny drawings of Ron Leishman and other cartoonists.

American humorist Robert Benchley was best known as a newspaper columnist and film star. From his beginnings at the Harvard Lampoon to his essays and articles for The New Yorker, his absurdist humor reflected a style all his own. He was a member of the fabled Algonquin Round Table. His short films were popular with audiences and How to Sleep won an Academy Award as Best Short Subject.