Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
Literary Lapses
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2012
- Category
- Short Stories (single author)
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781443417235
- Publish Date
- Jun 2012
- List Price
- $0.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780771093753
- Publish Date
- Jun 2008
- List Price
- $17.95
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Description
Literary Lapses was Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock’s first collection of comic writings, and includes such side-splitting gems as “My Financial Career,” “Society Chit-Chat,” and “Self-Made Men.” First published in 1910, Literary Lapses was an instant success, and helped cement Leacock’s reputation as one of Canada’s foremost humour writers.
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About the author
Award-winning Canadian humorist and writer Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was the author of more than 50 literary works, and between 1915 and 1925 was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world. Leacock’s fictional works include classics like Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, and Literary Lapses. In addition to his humor writings, Leacock was an accomplished political theorist, publishing such works as Elements of Political Science and My Discovery of the West: A Discussion of East and West in Canada, for which he won the Governor General's Award for writing in 1937. Leacock’s life continues to be commemorated through the awarding of the Leacock Medal for Humour and with an annual literary festival in his hometown of Orillia, Ontario.
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