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  • Audiobook

    B. J. Harrison Reads A Marine Excursion

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    Narrated by B. J. Harrison ...
    Series series The Classic Tales with B. J. Harrison

    Unabridged

    49 min

    "The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias" is the third story from Stephen Leacock's masterpiece story sequence "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town". It deals with an exploration of the social, political, and religious aspects of life in Mariposa, while some of its citizens are on a cruise holiday excursion. Spirits are high when catastrophe strikes.An extremely interesting parody of sea ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 7 best short stories by Stephen Leacock

    by Stephen Leacock, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 74 - 7 best short stories
    Stephen Leacock sees the comic of social situations. His writing exposes the incongruity between appearance and reality in human conduct, and his work is characterized by the invention of lively comic situations. Through this seven specially selected short stories you can meet and have fun with this author: - My Financial Career - Merry Christmas - How to Make a Million Dollars - How to Live to be ... Read more

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  • Canadian History, Two Books

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    This file includes The Dawn of Canadian History, A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada and The Mariner of Malo, a Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacque Cartier, both from Chronicles of Canada and both first published in 1914. According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. In the early ... Read more

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  • 7 best short stories - Morality Tales

    by Stephen Leacock, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Kate Chopin, Guy de Maupassant, Matsuo Bashō, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 6 - 7 best short stories - specials
    One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important lessons. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories with timeless messages: The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho - The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain - The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen ... Read more

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  • Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is Stephen Leacock's humourous and affectionate account of small-town life in the fictional town of Mariposa. Written in 1912, it is drawn from his experiences living in Orillia, Ontario.The book is a series of funny and satirical anecdotes that illustrate the inner workings of life in Mariposa-from business to politics to steamboat disasters. The town is ... Read more

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  • Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    I know no way in which a writer may more fittingly introduce his work to the public than by giving a brief account of who and what he is. By this means some of the blame for what he has done is very properly shifted to the extenuating circumstances of his life. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock 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 Mariposa, a small town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti. Although drawn from his experiences in ... Read more

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  • Canadian History by Stephen Leacock: 2 Books

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    This file includes The Dawn of Canadian History, A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada and The Mariner of Malo, a Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacque Cartier, both from Chronicles of Canada and both first published in 1914. According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. In the early ... Read more

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  • Nonsense Novels

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    In this collection of hilarious literary satires, Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock jaunts from genre to genre, gleefully skewering mysteries, ghost stories, detective novels, and virtually every other type of fiction you can think of. It's a light but surprisingly insightful look at the excesses of twentieth-century prose that will amuse and delight readers. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Literary Lapses

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist... Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines in Canada and the United States and later in novel form, became extremely popular around the world. ... Read more

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  • The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada by Stephen Leacock is a historical exploration of Canada’s early beginnings, focusing on the Indigenous cultures and the arrival of European explorers. In this chronicle, Leacock examines the lives and societies of Aboriginal Canadians before European contact, including their cultural practices, social structures, and relationships ... Read more

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  • Nonsense Novels

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist... Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines in Canada and the United States and later in novel form, became extremely popular around the world. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus