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Chargement... Stephen Leacock - Nonsense Novels: 'Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl'' (original 1900; édition 2022)par Stephen Leacock (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I think I first stumbled on the New York Review of Books website a couple of months ago. Don't know why I'd never heard of it before; I'm completely enthralled now. I've ordered books for my kids, and I ordered this one for myself. This book of short stories was initially published in 1911. In it, Leacock takes satiric aim at genre fiction. He tackles the mystery, the romance, the high seas adventure, the simple midwestern farm tale, and several more. It's a quick read, and very funny. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and will enjoy handing it to my kids after they've read some of the more classic books (Sherlock Holmes, Little House on the Prairie, Horatio Hornblower, etc.). aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: 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. .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This might almost be even funnier than Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, although I’d have to read that again to be sure. At any rate, I would certainly recommend this for anyone who has a nodding acquaintance with the various genres of Victorian fiction. They may also be funny on their own, because they are so delightfully absurd. ( )