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{{quote| "I'm not an artist. I'm a painstaking writer who doodles for relaxation."}}

James Grover Thurber (1894–1961) was an American humor writer and cartoonist. Among his well-known works are the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and the children's fantasy novels ''[[~~The 13 Clocks (Literature)|~~The 13 Clocks]]'' and ''The Wonderful O''.

James Grover Thurber (1894–1961) was an American humor writer and cartoonist. Among his well-known works are the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and the children's fantasy novels ''[[The 13 Clocks]]'' and ''The Wonderful O''.

In his own time his writing was often associated with ''The New Yorker'' magazine where many of his short stories first appeared. Many of Thurber's fictions, such as "Walter Mitty," "A Couple of Hamburgers," and "The War Between Men and Women," deal with the fundamental conflict between men and women, and the romantic vs. practical mindset represented by each, respectively. His works are also colored by his liberal individualist views, in a time when creeping nationalism was threatening personal freedom in many parts of the world -- some not entirely remote -- and are also characterized by a deep sympathy for animals, particularly dogs.

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=== Works by James Thurber with their own trope pages include: ===

* ''[[~~The 13 Clocks (Literature)|~~The 13 Clocks]]''

* ''[[The 13 Clocks]]''

=== Works inspired by James Thurber with their own trope pages include: ===

* "[[The Unicorn in ~~The~~ Garden]]"

* "[[The Unicorn in the Garden]]"

* ''[[My World and Welcome To It]]''

=== Trope pages with page quotes or page images by James Thurber include: ===

* [[Off ~~With~~ His Head]]

* [[Off with His Head]]

=== Other works by James Thurber provide examples of: ===

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* [[Completely Missing the Point]]

* [[Criminal Doppelganger]]: "The Remarkable Case of Mr. Bruhl"

* [[Cut His Heart Out ~~With~~ a Spoon]]: What the Big Bad in ''[[The Wonderful O]]'' threatens Littlejohn's parrot with: "I'll squck its thrug till all it can whubble is geep!"

* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: What the Big Bad in ''[[The Wonderful O]]'' threatens Littlejohn's parrot with: "I'll squck its thrug till all it can whubble is geep!"

* [[Engagement Challenge]]: ''The White Deer''

* [[Fractured Fairy Tale]]: Many, particularly ''The White Deer''.

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* [[Put Me in Coach]] (subverted)

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]

* [[Rhymes On a Dime]]: The woods wizards in ''The White Deer''

* [[Rhymes on a Dime]]: The woods wizards in ''The White Deer''

* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]

* [[Spoof Aesop]]: All over the place