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Title: Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Robertson Davies ISBN: 0-7710-9983-5 Publisher: New Canadian Library Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: good sense of humor required!
Comment: This is for those who love that dry English humor. I love this book! It mocks so beautifuly stupidities, naivete, and human anxietes. If you like slap stick humor, please look somewhere else.
Rating: 4
Summary: An acquired taste, but fun satire
Comment: This book contains a collection of ironically satirical essays. Satire is not my favorite form of humor, so it took me a few essays to get "into the swing" of the book, but I can say that once I came around to the appropriate frame of reference, I quite enjoyed the book. When reading this book, you must also remember that it was originally published in 1910; the humorous themes of the essays have aged well, but some of the settings have not.
As I read the essays, I kept having the nagging thought that the author's style reminded me of a contemporary author. Once I reached the "How to Make a Million Dollars" essay, it hit me: I would not hesitate to call Stephen Leacock the Dave Barry (Miami columnist and author) of the early 1900s. They both have the same sort of perverse logic to their points of view. Thus, if you can picture Dave Barry writing in the early 1900s, you can get some idea of what reading this book of essays would be like.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful mixture of comedy, nonsense and compassion
Comment: Stephen Leacock was a Canadian author who wrote his works with an optimistic yet realistic view of life. His light-hearted, bubbly diction impressed me all the way through the novel. Each short story was unique and had true-to-life situations and entertaining characters to whom readers of all ages can relate. His stories are full of good advice for everyone from the socially elite, eager-to-please teenager to the hard-working businessman to the overprotective father. Leacock exaggerates in many of his sketches, but that aspect of each story fits in perfectly with the separate ideas he presents. I recommend this novel to anyone who agrees that life should be lived to the absolute fullest, taking all chances and having a good time. As Stephen Leacock says, "Eat what you want. Eat lots of it. Yes, eat too much of it. Eat till you can just stagger across the room with it and prop it up against the sofa." (Leacock Literary 31)
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Title: Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock, Jack Hodgins ISBN: 0771099843 Publisher: New Canadian Library Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: My Financial Career and Other Follies by Stephen Leacock, David Staines ISBN: 0771098928 Publisher: New Canadian Library Pub. Date: 01 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Feast of Stephen by Stephen Leacock, Robertson Davies ISBN: 0771025777 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Pub. Date: 01 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Laugh With Leacock: An Anthology of the Best Works of Stephen Leacock. by Stephen Butler Leacock ISBN: 0396080243 Publisher: Dodd Mead Pub. Date: November, 1981 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Nonsense Novels. by Stephen Butler, Leacock ISBN: 0486227596 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1971 List Price(USD): $1.75 |
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