<p>Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary day dreams - in which the life he leads is one of excitement and even adventure, in which he - a weary, put upon middle-aged man - is the hero of his own story. <br><br> A man can dream, can''t he?<br><br><i>The Secret Life of Walter Mitty</i> is just one of the brilliant humorous and witty stories written by James Thurber and collected here.</p>