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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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One of Canada's most cherished writers, British-born Stephen Leacock was probably best known and loved for his works of light humor. First published in 1912, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is one of his most popular and enduring pieces of fiction. This collection of short stories describes the people that comprise a typical but fictional small town in Ontario - Mariposa. The book's appeal lies in the universality of the characters Leacock describes so eloquently, they live out their 'large' lives in the little town.
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- By Mason on 2022-09-10
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2016-08-15
- Language: English
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is Mariposa, a small town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti. Although drawn from his experiences in Orillia, Ontario, Leacock notes: "Mariposa is not a real town. On the contrary, it is about seventy or eighty of them. You may find them all the way from Lake Superior to the sea, with the same square streets and the same maple trees and the same churches ...
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Canadian Classic - Narrator Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
- By Dick Bourgeois-Doyle on 2023-11-21
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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt, Jeff Moon, Ron Altman, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) may be considered the Canadian counterpart to Mark Twain. For many years he was professor of economics at Magill University and published a number of well-regarded texts on economics and political science. However, he is best known today for his many volumes of humorous fiction. During the 1920s he was one of the most widely read authors in the English-speaking world and was considered by Jack Benny and Groucho Marx to be one of the greatest comic writers of all time.
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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt, Jeff Moon, Ron Altman, Richard Andrews, David Prickett, John Burlinson, Lee Ann Howlett
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2017-04-21
- Language: English
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Nonsense Novels
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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Nonsense Novels was first published in 1920 yet a century later remains a huge favorite among Stephen Leacock fans. The British-born Canadian writer was renowned for his humor, and Nonsense Novels epitomizes both this skill and his mastery of the ridiculous. From an ill-fated Middle Ages romance to the dubious skills of a pitiful private eye and the happy outcome of a generations-old Scottish feud, Nonsense Novels is a tremendous listen.
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Nonsense Novels
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2016-08-26
- Language: English
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Literary Lapses
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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Born in England in 1869, Stephen Leacock would immigrate to Canada and become a teacher, political scientist, and writer. He would ultimately come to be best known and loved as a humourist. Literary Lapses was first published as a collection of sketches in 1910, although many of the individual stories were first printed in various newspapers and periodicals, such as Punch, New York Life, and the Detroit Free Press.
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Literary Lapses
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2017-06-12
- Language: English
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B. J. Harrison Reads Merry Christmas
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 23 mins
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The First World War has left the world in agony. Disillusionment, hopelessness, and horror are rife when a despondent author gets a visit by Father Time and Father Christmas, who come to raise his spirits. He wishes for better days, but the war has taken everything, turning him into a hopeless and angry nihilist. Nevertheless, the Christmas spirit is here to bring hope and another chance at happiness.
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B. J. Harrison Reads Merry Christmas
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 23 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-25
- Language: English
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Errors of Santa Claus
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 7 mins
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This a typical Christmas story but with a classic Leacock ironic twist and a zest of humour. "The Errors of Santa Claus" is a charming tale of gift-giving and kindness. It is Christmas time and parents are getting their children’s gifts ready.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Errors of Santa Claus
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 7 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-26
- Language: English
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Afternoon Adventures at My Club
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
- Narrated by: Ron Altman, John Burlinson, Marty Krz
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944) is considered by many to be the Canadian counterpart to the better known American humorists Mark Twain and S.J. Perelman. In the early 20th century he was one of the most widely read authors in the English speaking world. Jack Benny and Groucho Marx considered Leacock as one of the funniest writers they had ever read. The following sketches have been adapted from pieces in the miscellanies Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy and Further Foolishness, in which Leacock satirizes many of the social institutions of his time.
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Afternoon Adventures at My Club
- Narrated by: Ron Altman, John Burlinson, Marty Krz
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 2020-06-30
- Language: English
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Number Fifty-Six
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 15 mins
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'Number Fifty-Six' is a humorous tale of a Chinese laundryman who gets to know his clients through their laundry habits. He is able to infer much from the state of the various shirts, handkerchiefs, waistcoats which are delivered to him for washing. Of all his clients he is most fascinated by number 56...a man with strangely fluctuating shirt habits. And then one fateful day, a dreadful set of laundry is delivered to him....
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Number Fifty-Six
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 2017-12-12
- Language: English
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Winsome Winnie
- Written by: Stephen Leacock
- Narrated by: Denis Daly, Cate Barratt, Peter Thomlinson, and others
- Length: 37 mins
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Stephen Leacock was a prolific and brilliant writer, whose tongue-in-cheek writings have been amusing Canadian fans for decades. He first published Winsome Winnie in 1920 as part of a compendium of short stories entitled Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels. It relates the trials and tribulations of the recently orphaned and penniless Winnifred Clair.
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Winsome Winnie
- Narrated by: Denis Daly, Cate Barratt, Peter Thomlinson, Linda Barrans, Terah Tucker
- Length: 37 mins
- Release date: 2017-06-23
- Language: English
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