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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.

In celebration of the Tercentenary of the Authorized Version of the English Bible from 1611, this concise yet captivating book invites readers on a remarkable journey through time. Beginning in 670 A.D. at the Monastery of Whitby, where the monk Caedmon transformed Scripture into beautiful Saxon verse, it traces the evolution of the Bible across twelve centuries, culminating in the pivotal meeting of English scholars at Westminster Abbey in 1870. This gathering ultimately led to the Revision of the Scriptures, which made its debut in 1881. (From the Preface)

अतिसौजन्य आणि भिडस्तपणा हे गुण नसून माणसाचे शत्रू आहेत. त्यामुळे प्रसंगी प्राणाशीही गाठ पडू शकते. आध्यात्मिक क्षेत्रातल्या एका पाद्रीची तशा स्वभावामुळे काय अवस्था होते, हे पाहून हसता हसता आपल्या डोळ्यांत पाणी येईल. त्यातून धडा घेतला तरच ठीक नाही तर आपल्यावरही तशी वेळ कधी येईल, सांगता येत नाही. ऐका, 'सौजन्याचा बळी' ही स्टीफन लीकॉकलिखित, रविंद्र गुर्जर यांनी अनुवादित केलेली कथा दीप्ती सिधये यांच्यासह.

Stephen Leacock (30 December 1869 - 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world