Literary Lapses

Literary Lapses PDF Author: Stephen Leacock
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Languages : en
Pages : 256

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My financial career.-- Lord Oxhead's secret.-- Boarding-house geometry.-- The awful fate of Melpomenus Jones.-- A Christmas letter.-- How to make a million dollars.-- How to live to be 200.-- How to avoid getting married.-- How to be a doctor.-- The new food.-- A new pathology.-- The poet answered.-- The force of statistics.-- Men who have shaved me.-- Getting the thread of it.-- Telling his faults.-- Winter pastimes.-- Number fifty-six.--Aristocratic education.-- The conjurer's revenge.-- Hints to travellers.-- A manual of education.-- Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas.-- The life of John Smith.--On collecting things.-- Society chit-chat.-- Insurance up to-date.-- Borrowing a match.-- A lesson in fiction.-- Helping the Armenians.-- A study in still life, the country hotel.-- An experiment with Policeman Hogan.-- The passing of the poet.-- Self-made men.-- A model dialogue.-- Bach to the bush.--Reflections on riding.-- Saloonio.-- Half-hours with the poets: Mr. Wordsworth and the cottage girl; How Tennyson killed the May queen; Old Mr. Longfellow on board the Hesperus. --A, B, and C.

Literary Lapses

Literary Lapses PDF Author: Stephen Leacock
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Languages : en
Pages : 256

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My financial career.-- Lord Oxhead's secret.-- Boarding-house geometry.-- The awful fate of Melpomenus Jones.-- A Christmas letter.-- How to make a million dollars.-- How to live to be 200.-- How to avoid getting married.-- How to be a doctor.-- The new food.-- A new pathology.-- The poet answered.-- The force of statistics.-- Men who have shaved me.-- Getting the thread of it.-- Telling his faults.-- Winter pastimes.-- Number fifty-six.--Aristocratic education.-- The conjurer's revenge.-- Hints to travellers.-- A manual of education.-- Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas.-- The life of John Smith.--On collecting things.-- Society chit-chat.-- Insurance up to-date.-- Borrowing a match.-- A lesson in fiction.-- Helping the Armenians.-- A study in still life, the country hotel.-- An experiment with Policeman Hogan.-- The passing of the poet.-- Self-made men.-- A model dialogue.-- Bach to the bush.--Reflections on riding.-- Saloonio.-- Half-hours with the poets: Mr. Wordsworth and the cottage girl; How Tennyson killed the May queen; Old Mr. Longfellow on board the Hesperus. --A, B, and C.

Literary Lapses

Literary Lapses PDF Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368351605
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Reproduction of the original.

Our Literary Lapses

Our Literary Lapses PDF Author:
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449059074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Literary Lapses

Literary Lapses PDF Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776529073
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Formally trained as a political scientist and economist, Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock produced dozens of books of hilarious and satirical stories, essays, and vignettes in his spare time. The eclectic collection Literary Lapses brings together a merrymaking melange of his witty writing.

Literary Lapses

Literary Lapses PDF Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: Gazette Printing Company
ISBN:
Category : Canadian wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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Collection of Leacock's comic writings. Includes 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.

Literary Lapses

Literary Lapses PDF Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Nonsense Novels

Nonsense Novels PDF Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
ISBN:
Category : Canadian wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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My Financial Career

My Financial Career PDF Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443432008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11

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When a man receives a promotion and a raise, he finds himself forced to face an uncomfortable situation that he has avoided all his life: visiting a bank and opening a bank account. “My Financial Career” is representative of author Stephen Leacock’s writing style in which he pokes fun at social absurdities and irrational behaviour. This short story was adapted into a short animated film in 1962, directed by Gerald Potterton. The film won the award for Best Animated Short at the San Francisco International Film Festival that year and was nominated for Best Animated Short at the 36th Academy Awards in 1964. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

LITERARY LAPSES

LITERARY LAPSES PDF Author: STEPHEN. LEACOCK
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ISBN: 9781033153147
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Awful Fate Of Melpomenus Jones

The Awful Fate Of Melpomenus Jones PDF Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443432016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11

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They say that some people have a difficult time making their excuses and saying goodbye. When, exactly, does one wear out his welcome? The answer to this is found in the awful, yet humorous, fate of one Melpomenus Jones. “The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones” is representative of author Stephen Leacock’s writing style where he pokes fun at social absurdities and irrational behaviour. This short story was adapted into a short animated film in 1983. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.