My Financial Career and Other Follies

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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.

Über den Autor

Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock (1869 - 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humor along with criticisms of people's follies. The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor was named in his honor. Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humor 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. It was said in 1911 that more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than had heard of Canada.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

My Financial Career
The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones
Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen
The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias
The Dentist and the Gas
The Love Story of Mr. Peter Spillikins
The Reading Public: A Book Store Study
The Snoopopaths or Fifty Stories in One
My Revelations as a Spy
Personal Adventures in the Spirit World
War and Peace at the Galaxy Club
Buggam Grange: A Good Old Ghost Story
How We Kept Mother’s Day
Old Junk and New Money
A Lesson on the Links
Fifty Cents’ Worth
The Perfect Optimist or Day-dreams in a Dental Chair
Ho for Happiness
My Remarkable Uncle
Good News! A New Party!
Humour As I See It
The Saving Grace of Humour

Afterword

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780771094002
ISBN-10:	0771094000
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Leacock, Stephen
Hersteller:	McClelland & Stewart
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	197 x 130 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Stephen Leacock
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.10.2010
Gewicht:	0,275 kg