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Feast of Stephen
 Stephen Leacock
 0771025777
 March 1991
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“Do you know the characteristic wine of Madeira?…I do not know whether Leacock ever drank Madeira himself – he was very much a Scotch-whisky man – but I enjoy Madeira greatly, and I never drink it without thinking of Leacock, who was sometimes dry, sometimes sweet, but who always leaves upon the tongue a hint of brimstone…”
In his witty and illuminating introduction, which takes up the first third of the book, Robertson Davies invites us to join him in a Feast of Stephen. Davies’ selection of fifteen pieces from Leacock’s less familiar works presents the humorist as a true, broad, and sympathetic interpreter of Canadian life, as a man who may have lacked self-knowledge and sensitive insight into the feelings of others, but “whose best work was the... |
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My Financial Career and Other Follies
Stephen Leacock
0771098928
Apr 1993
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This original NCL collection brings together Leacock’s comic masterpieces, the many varieties of his remarkable humour. In one story a young man is seized by fear as he attempts to open his first bank account. In another, Lord Ronald, the beloved of Gertrude the Governess, “flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.” In a third, the Mariposa Belle sinks in the shallow waters of Lake Wissanotti.
Completing these timeless comedies are two of Leacock’s own essays on humour.
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This original NCL collection brings together Leacock's comic masterpieces, the many varieties of his remarkable humour. In one story a young man is seized by fear as he attempts to open his first bank account. In another, Lord... |
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Leacock on Life
Stephen Leacock
0802035949
September 2002
Hardcover
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My Remarkable Uncle
Stephen Leacock
0771099657
May 1989
Paperback
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This celebrated collection of sketches sparkles with Stephen Leacock’s humour and shines with the warmth of his wit.
The comical E.P., star of the title essay, “My Remarkable Uncle,” is a classic Leacock character. He is president of a railway with a letterhead but no rails, and he heads a bank that boasts credit but no cash whatsoever – all of which trouble E.P. not in the least.
My Remarkable Uncle, a wonderful smorgasbord of mirth served up by a master of comedy, includes several essays, a short story, a political parable, and personal reflections on a dizzying array of subjects.
Here, in rich abundance, are the inspired nonsense and the unerring eye for human folly that have made Stephen Leacock Canada’s most celebrated humorist.
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock
0393926346
February 2006
Paperback
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From AudioFile
Long before Lake Wobegon became part of our collective fictional geography, there must've been other lakes on the radio. And there were. Stephen Leacock's Lake Wissanotti, right outside the town of Mariposa, was one of Canada's most popular and endearing fictional places. This reissue of a 1946 CBC Stage Series adaptation of Leacock's comic sketches and observations offers a double layer of nostalgia by taking a fond look back at early twentieth-century small-town Canadian life through the venue of 1940s radio. The voices, acting styles, big-production, and comic use of the well-written musical score are very representative of the best from that "Golden Age" of radio. Being faithfully transported to a gentler, simpler time provides a good introduction to Leacock's bright Canadian spirit. B.P. © AudioFile 2002,... |
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock
0771099843
May 1989
Mass Market Paperback
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From AudioFile
Long before Lake Wobegon became part of our collective fictional geography, there must've been other lakes on the radio. And there were. Stephen Leacock's Lake Wissanotti, right outside the town of Mariposa, was one of Canada's most popular and endearing fictional places. This reissue of a 1946 CBC Stage Series adaptation of Leacock's comic sketches and observations offers a double layer of nostalgia by taking a fond look back at early twentieth-century small-town Canadian life through the venue of 1940s radio. The voices, acting styles, big-production, and comic use of the well-written musical score are very representative of the best from that "Golden Age" of radio. Being faithfully transported to a gentler, simpler time provides a good introduction to Leacock's bright Canadian spirit. B.P. © AudioFile 2002,... |
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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
Stephen Leacock
0771099665
May 1989
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Of the many books by Canada’s most celebrated humorist, none has received more acclaim than his brilliant, caustic treatment of the glittering rich who gather at the Mausoleum Club on Plutoria Avenue.
Today, Leacock’s pointed satire of the privileged class, and their social abuses and pretences, retains every ounce of its freshness and bite. An undisputed comic masterpiece, Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich reveals a depth of compassionate criticism rare in Leacock’s writings.
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Mrs. Everleigh-Spillikins is not to be seen walking with them. She is probably at the race-meet, being taken there by Captain Cormorant of the United States navy, which Mr. Spillikins considers very handsome of him. Every now and then the captain,... |
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock
140433002X
October 2002
Hardcover
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From AudioFile
Long before Lake Wobegon became part of our collective fictional geography, there must've been other lakes on the radio. And there were. Stephen Leacock's Lake Wissanotti, right outside the town of Mariposa, was one of Canada's most popular and endearing fictional places. This reissue of a 1946 CBC Stage Series adaptation of Leacock's comic sketches and observations offers a double layer of nostalgia by taking a fond look back at early twentieth-century small-town Canadian life through the venue of 1940s radio. The voices, acting styles, big-production, and comic use of the well-written musical score are very representative of the best from that "Golden Age" of radio. Being faithfully transported to a gentler, simpler time provides a good introduction to Leacock's bright Canadian spirit. B.P. © AudioFile 2002,... |
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Literary Lapses
Stephen Leacock
0771099835
May 1989
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The humour, irony, and wit of Stephen Leacock have never been shown to better advantage than in Literary Lapses, his first collection of comic writings. Within its pages are such classic stories as the man who is seized by fear as he opens a bank account; the awful case of the young man who dies because he cannot tell a lie; the astonishing tale of the baby who ate thirteen Christmas dinners, and many other tales that have become part of the world's comic literature.
When Literary Lapses first appeared in 1910, it was an instant critical and popular success. Within a few years of its publication, Leacock was acknowledged as the English-speaking world’s most beloved humourist.
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Oh, Henry, quick! Baby has snatched the pill! It was... |
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock
185375367X
May 2000
Hardcover
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From AudioFile
Long before Lake Wobegon became part of our collective fictional geography, there must've been other lakes on the radio. And there were. Stephen Leacock's Lake Wissanotti, right outside the town of Mariposa, was one of Canada's most popular and endearing fictional places. This reissue of a 1946 CBC Stage Series adaptation of Leacock's comic sketches and observations offers a double layer of nostalgia by taking a fond look back at early twentieth-century small-town Canadian life through the venue of 1940s radio. The voices, acting styles, big-production, and comic use of the well-written musical score are very representative of the best from that "Golden Age" of radio. Being faithfully transported to a gentler, simpler time provides a good introduction to Leacock's bright Canadian spirit. B.P. © AudioFile 2002,... |
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock
1894003209
October 2000
Compact Disc
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From AudioFile
Long before Lake Wobegon became part of our collective fictional geography, there must've been other lakes on the radio. And there were. Stephen Leacock's Lake Wissanotti, right outside the town of Mariposa, was one of Canada's most popular and endearing fictional places. This reissue of a 1946 CBC Stage Series adaptation of Leacock's comic sketches and observations offers a double layer of nostalgia by taking a fond look back at early twentieth-century small-town Canadian life through the venue of 1940s radio. The voices, acting styles, big-production, and comic use of the well-written musical score are very representative of the best from that "Golden Age" of radio. Being faithfully transported to a gentler, simpler time provides a good introduction to Leacock's bright Canadian spirit. B.P. © AudioFile 2002,... |
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Literary Lapses
Stephen Leacock
0836935616
June 1970
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The humour, irony, and wit of Stephen Leacock have never been shown to better advantage than in Literary Lapses, his first collection of comic writings. Within its pages are such classic stories as the man who is seized by fear as he opens a bank account; the awful case of the young man who dies because he cannot tell a lie; the astonishing tale of the baby who ate thirteen Christmas dinners, and many other tales that have become part of the world's comic literature.
When Literary Lapses first appeared in 1910, it was an instant critical and popular success. Within a few years of its publication, Leacock was acknowledged as the English-speaking world’s most beloved humourist.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Stephen Leacock: His Remarkable Life
Albert Moritz
1550416006
April 2002
Hardcover
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Stephen Leacock (1869-1944), perhaps best known and remembered for his delightful book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, remains one of the best-loved humorists in the English language. Leacock lived through half of Queen Victoria's reign and half the twentieth century, embracing a world of unsettling change. He wore many hats: teacher, academic, author, economist, public speaker, social leader, and family man. Stephen Leacock: His Remarkable Life is the a comprehensive and thoroughly researched recreation of his remarkable life; it will help form the background for appreciating the source of Leacock's humor and its significance in his own life and times. Newspaper accounts, private letters, diaries and memoirs are brought together with his published humor which illustrated Leacock's amazing creative process and the... |
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Lessons from Leacock Audio Cass
Stephen Leacock
0864922795
Sept 2000
Audio Cassette - Unabridged
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This collection of stories, adapted by Christopher Newton at the Shaw Festival, as part of the Bell Canada Reading Series, was first broadcast by CBC Radio in February 2000. It includes audio adaptations from some of Leacock's most famous stories, including "My Remarkable Uncle, "Maddened by Mystery," "Mariposa" and the delightful "The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias."
From the Publisher
Christopher Newton, artistic director of The Shaw Festival writes,"I remember when I first discovered Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town on a bus somewhere west of Brandon, Manitoba, in 1962. The snow fields outside the window of the bus vanished and Mariposa, sharp and bright on a summer morning, captured my imagination forever." Newton directs a large cast of Shaw actors in reading... |
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Stephen Leacock: His Remarkable Life
Albert Moritz
1550417371
February 2000
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Some 60 years after his death – Stephen Leacock continues to share the stage with Charles Dickens and Mark Twain as on the best-loved humorists in the English-speaking world. Based on private letters, diaries, newspapers accounts and memoirs, this marvelously illustrated volume explores Leacock’s personal and public lives, his amazing creative process and the impact he had as a writer, teacher and thinker. The book, in short, is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched biography of a remarkable man of letters.
About the Author
ALBERT MORITZ is an internationally celebrated author who had received the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Award in Literature of American Academy of Arts and Letters. THERESA MORITZ is the author of "A Distinction of Stories," a... |
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Stephen Leacock: Humour and Humanity
Gerald Lynch
0773506527
November 1988
Hardcover
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