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Wit and its relation to the unconscious

by Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)

12 chapters, about 71,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE 200 words
2. I INTRODUCTION 2,500 words
3. II THE TECHNIQUE OF WIT 900 words
4. KLEPTOMANIA RUMANIA ————————————— KLEPTORUMANIA 3,200 words
5. A TALE OF TWO AMERICAN GENERATIONS 500 words
6. III. DOUBLE MEANING 14,300 words
7. III THE TENDENCIES OF WIT[37] 8,500 words
8. B. SYNTHESIS 12,500 words
9. VI. THE RELATION OF WIT TO DREAMS AND TO THE UNCONSCIOUS 19,400 words
10. THE CONTRAST. 5,400 words
11. W 1,000 words
12. Chapter XVII. 2,100 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Monticello
• Rabbi

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