From the cave man to Santa Claus; spies, know-it-alls, and journalists: all are fair game for Leacock’s special brand of humor. He touches on the changes time has brought about in the city, education, and work habits. Among the other topics in this work are nature, fishing, gardening, success, and spirits–both of the departed and of the variety Prohibition prohibited. Each chapter of this book is a standalone story and if you love a good laugh, these stories are for you. In me, Leacock’s wit ...
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Chronicles of Canada -- Dawn of Canadian History: Aboriginal Canada by Stephen Leacock
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Most readers of Stephen Leacock's works are familiar with his witty and humorous writings, but few may be aware that he was also a gifted teacher, political ideologue, economist and fiction writer. Though he wrote six books on Canadian history, none of them attained the status of a standard text on the subject and were regarded more as opinion pieces without much academic foundation. Yet, the Chronicles of Canada series by Stephen Leacock remains an interesting and entertaining read. In this ...
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8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody gives away it's genre. Soaked in Seaweed or, Upset in the Ocean; Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective; "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural; Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry; The Man in Asbestos: an Allegory of the Future; Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie Mushenough; A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Str ...
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Known as the Canadian Mark Twain, Stephen Leacock was a humorist whose gentle parodies and spoofs still evoke a smile and a chuckle more than a hundred years after they were first published. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town was published in 1912. Set in the fictional town of Mariposa in Canada, which is peopled by a delightful assortment of characters, the book has proved to be an enduring classic in the humor genre. Readers around the world continue to enjoy these little stories about the ...
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1 - Soaked in Seaweed: or, Upset in the Ocean
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2 - Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective
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02 – Father Knickerbocker: A Fantasy
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02 – The Speculations of Jefferson Thorpe
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4 - Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry
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03 – The Marine Excursions of the Knights of Pythias
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5 - The Man in Asbestos: an Allegory of the Future
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04 – The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Drone
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06 – Forerunners of Jacques Cartier
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6 - Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie Mushenough
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05 – The Whirlwind Campaign in Mariposa
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7 - A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft
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07 – The Extraordinary Entaglement of Mr. Pupkin
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8 - Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant
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08 – The Fore-ordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin
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10 – The Great Election in Missinaba County
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13 – The Old, Old Story of How Five Men Went Fishing
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12 – L’Envoi: The Train to Mariposa
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15 – The Perplexity Column as Done by the Jaded Journalist
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16 – Simple Stories of Success, or How to Succeed in Life
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