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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follow-up to his 1912 classic "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town." Like that work, it is a sequence of interlocking stories set...

Behind the Beyond

Behind the Beyond

A collection containing a parody on Problem Plays, as well as humorous anecdotes from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)Cast for Section 1:Narrator/Stage Directions – Tricia GSir John – Algy PugLady Cecily – Liberty StumpValet –...

Chronicles of Canada Volume 01 - The Dawn of Canadian History, The: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada

Chronicles of Canada Volume 01 - The Dawn of Canadian History, The: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada

This book describes Canada from the beginning of existence to its first European discoverers and includes a brief history of the aboriginal people. These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. Author...

Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo , The: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier

Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo , The: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier grew up as a sailor, married well and became an agent of exploration for King Francis I of France. In April, 1534, he sailed for the New World. Before sailing, his men took an oath that they would “behave themselves truly and...

Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North

Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North

This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage, focusing on Samuel Hearne, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and Sir John Franklin. (Summary by...

Essays and Literary Studies

Essays and Literary Studies

A collection of wry looks at literature, education, and other social phenomena by Canadian humourist and economics professor, Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG) Author - Stephen Leacock. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19...

Frenzied Fiction

Frenzied Fiction

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...

Further Foolishness

Further Foolishness

Seventeen goofy stories and essays by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than any other living author. One may say he is one of the greatest jesters, the greatest humorist of the...

Literary Lapses

Literary Lapses

Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than any other living author. One may say he is one of the greatest jesters, the greatest humorist of the age." – A. P....

Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy

Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy

Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG) Author - Stephen Leacock. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

My Discovery of England

My Discovery of England

In the course of time a very considerable public feeling was aroused in the United States and Canada over this state of affairs. The lack of reciprocity in it seemed unfair. It was felt (or at least I felt) that the time had come when some one ought...

Nonsense Novels

Nonsense Novels

Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G) Author - Stephen Leacock. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

Number Fifty-Six

Number Fifty-Six

Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock (1869 – 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist."Number Fifty-Six" is a humorous tale of a Chinese laundryman who gets to know his clients through their laundry habits. He is able to infer...

Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels

Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels

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...

Stephen Leacodk: SOAKED IN SEAWEED

Stephen Leacodk: SOAKED IN SEAWEED

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 its genre:Soaked in Seaweed or, Upset in the Ocean; Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective...

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is...

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is...

The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and

The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and

More stories by Canadian Stephen Leacock. Some of these stories carry over characters introduced in Further Foolishness. Some stories are humourous; some are more thoughtful. It helps to be familiar with WWI-era European politics to catch much of the...

The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice

The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice

This lengthy political essay by noted Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock was written while he was professor of political economy at McGill University. He argues for a middle ground between capitalism and pure socialism. Listeners in the early 21st...

Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G) Author - Stephen Leacock. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΚΑ ΕΥΤΡΑΠΕΛΑ

ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΚΑ ΕΥΤΡΑΠΕΛΑ

Η «σχολή» χιούμορ του Στίβεν Λίκοκ στα Λογοτεχνικά του Ευτράπελα από τις Εκδόσεις Οξύ και τη σειρά Επίλεκτα!Η εκπαίδευση χωρίζεται σε λαμπρή παιδεία, κλασική παιδεία και ελλιπή παιδεία. Όλοι οι πολύ ηλικιωμένοι έχουν λαμπρή παιδεία· όσοι φαίνονται να...