The Best American Humorous Short Stories is part of the Adventure & Picaresque Fiction catalogue. The record identifies Bunner, H. C. (Henry Cuyler), 1855-1896 [Contributor], Chester, George Randolph, 1869-1924 [Contributor], Cooke, Grace MacGowan, 1863-1944 [Contributor], Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 [Contributor], Jessup, Alexander, 1871- [Editor] as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

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The extracted text contains approximately 110,849 words, corresponding to an estimated 482 minutes of reading, and is divided into 26 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 18.5 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.102. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

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The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Short stories, American. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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