Author(s): James Thurber

Fiction

"Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last' Walter Mitty is an ordinary man leading an ordinary life. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary daydreams - in which the life he leads is one of excitement and adventure, and he is the hero of his own story. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is just one of James Thurber's wry, humorous stories in this selection, which contains the best of his short tales, essays and cartoons. Poking fun at his own weaknesses and those of other people (and dogs), they demonstrate Thurber's off-beat, hilarious imagination and his unique take on the world around him."