The Laughing Girl: An American in a Swiss Chalet After the War
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Two Americans inherit a Swiss chalet with a housekeeper, a cow and a pair of Bolshevik agents in the neighbourhood, in wartime Switzerland. Chambers wrote it in 1918 as a farce and let the politics stay just visible behind the comedy. The joke is that everyone in the house is pretending to be someone else and only the cook is telling the truth. Fifty-eight plates of Swiss lakes, Alps and market squares, from Hodler to Loutherbourg, keep the country itself in view while the household keeps up its pretenses.
Two Americans inherit a Swiss chalet with a housekeeper, a cow and a pair of Bolshevik agents in the neighbourhood, in wartime Switzerland. Chambers wrote it in 1918 as a farce and let the politics stay just visible behind the comedy. The joke is that everyone in the house is pretending to be som...
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Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) was an American writer born in Brooklyn who trained as an artist in Paris before turning to fiction. He is remembered now for one early book of weird tales, The King in Yellow, and was known in his lifetime for society romances and wartime thrillers. His works include The King in Yellow, The Dark Star, The Fighting Chance, and The Slayer of Souls.
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) was an American writer born in Brooklyn who trained as an artist in Paris before turning to fiction. He is remembered now for one early book of weird tales, The King in Yellow, and was known in his lifetime for society romances and wartime thrillers. His works inclu...
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