Author of Audiobooks - Stephen Leacock
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels - Stephen Leacock
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)...
My Discovery of England - Stephen Leacock
My Discovery of England - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Humor
"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...
Literary Lapses - Stephen Leacock
Literary Lapses - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
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....
The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibilities - Stephen Leacock
The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibilities - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
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...
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy - Stephen Leacock
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works / Humor
Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)...
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich - Stephen Leacock
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
"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...
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2) - Stephen Leacock
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2) - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
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...
Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels - Stephen Leacock
Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
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...
Behind the Beyond - Stephen Leacock
Behind the Beyond - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
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 G Sir John – Algy Pug Lady Cecily – Liberty Stump...
Frenzied Fiction - Stephen Leacock
Frenzied Fiction - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
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 - Stephen Leacock
Further Foolishness - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Essays & Short Works / Humor
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...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier - Stephen Leacock
Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
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...
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town - Stephen Leacock
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
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 Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice - Stephen Leacock
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Political Science
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...
Essays and Literary Studies - Stephen Leacock
Essays and Literary Studies - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Humor / Literary Criticism
A collection of wry looks at literature, education, and other social phenomena by Canadian humourist and economics professor, Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North - Stephen Leacock
Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Modern (19th C) / Exploration
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...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 01 - The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada - Stephen Leacock
Chronicles of Canada Volume 01 - The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
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....
Nonsense Novels - Stephen Leacock
Nonsense Novels - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)...
The Garden Of Folly - Stephen Leacock
The Garden Of Folly - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humor
A 1924 collection of essays by the celebrated Canadian humorist, popular in the first half of the twentieth century throughout the English speaking world. - Summary by david wales...
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3) - Stephen Leacock
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3) - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Widely considered a classic of Canadian humorous literature, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town tells stories set in the fictional town of Mariposa. The author Stephen Leacock most certainly based the stories on experience at his summer home in...