Stephen Leacock

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

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Stephen Leacock



This book describes Canada from the beginning of existence to its first European discoverers and includes a brief history of the aboriginal …

Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels

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Stephen Leacock



8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyage…

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Stephen Leacock



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…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North

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Stephen Leacock



This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the No…

The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice

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Stephen Leacock



This lengthy political essay by noted Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock was written while he was professor of political economy at McGill U…

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be on…

Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

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Stephen Leacock



Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)

Frenzied Fiction

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Stephen Leacock



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 o…

Essays and Literary Studies

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Stephen Leacock



A collection of wry looks at literature, education, and other social phenomena by Canadian humourist and economics professor, Stephen Leacoc…

Nonsense Novels

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Stephen Leacock



Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)

Literary Lapses

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Stephen Leacock



Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than an…

Further Foolishness

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Stephen Leacock



Seventeen goofy stories and essays by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the writte…

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

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Stephen Leacock



"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follo…

My Discovery of England

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Stephen Leacock



"In the course of time a very considerable public feeling was aroused in the United States and Canada over this state of affairs. The l…

Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy

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Stephen Leacock



Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)

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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 on…

Behind the Beyond

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Stephen Leacock



A collection containing a parody on Problem Plays, as well as humorous anecdotes from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia…

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3)

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Stephen Leacock



Widely considered a classic of Canadian humorous literature, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town tells stories set in the fictional town of M…

The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibil…

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Stephen Leacock



More stories by Canadian Stephen Leacock. Some of these stories carry over characters introduced in Further Foolishness. Some stories are hu…

The Garden Of Folly

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Stephen Leacock



A 1924 collection of essays by the celebrated Canadian humorist, popular in the first half of the twentieth century throughout the English s…

Winnowed Wisdom

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Stephen Leacock



This 1926 volume comprises thirty-five essays by the masterful Canadian humorist. - Summary by david wales

Nonsense Novels (Version 2)

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Stephen Leacock



Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was a Canadian writer, teacher, and political scientist. A prolific and popular humorist, he published dozens of…

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, Version 2

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Stephen Leacock



A collection of humorous fiction by renowned Canadian writer, Stephen Leacock. Unlike the lighter Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town that pr…

Follies in Fiction

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Stephen Leacock



A pamphlet from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, containing selections from Further Foolishness and Frenzie…