Novelist Jokes

German playwright and novelist Hermann Sudermann and fellow-dramatist Richard Voss disliked each other. When a dramatists’ guild was founded, their colleagues brought them together to effect a reconciliation, as their names were of importance to the guild. After much hesitation they were persuaded to shake hands. Voss added, “Herr Sudermann, I wish for your next play the same success as you wish me.” Sudermann turned to the onlookers: “Did you hear that? There he goes again!”

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British essayist, novelist, critic and poet, G. K. Chesterton was an imposing figure in height and weight. His vast bulk afforded him certain consolations. He once remarked that it gave him an opportunity for gallantry. “Just the other day in the Underground I enjoyed the pleasure of offering my seat to three ladies.”

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