A satirical mid-19th-century novel about eccentric New Yorkers who form the Elephant Club to study city life with comic camaraderie.
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A satirical mid-19th-century novel about eccentric New Yorkers who form the Elephant Club to study city life with comic camaraderie.
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Comic scuffles, kicks, and a general row after a fight
Period slang and racial slurs typical of mid-1800s prose
Recurring club drinking: whisky, lager, port wine, drunkenness
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Satire of exclusive clubs and mid-century social norms
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Period racial language; comic roughhousing and street rows
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