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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

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Informationen zum Autor Stephen Leacock, Afterword by Gerald Lynch Klappentext Of the many books by Canada's most celebrated humorist! none has received more acclaim than his brilliant! caustic treatment of the glittering rich who gather at the Mausoleum Club on Plutoria Avenue. Today! Leacock's pointed satire of the privileged class! and their social abuses and pretences! retains every ounce of its freshness and bite. An undisputed comic masterpiece! Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich reveals a depth of compassionate criticism rare in Leacock's writings. Zusammenfassung Of the many books by Canada’s most celebrated humorist, none has received more acclaim than his brilliant, caustic treatment of the glittering rich who gather at the Mausoleum Club on Plutoria Avenue. Today, Leacock’s pointed satire of the privileged class, and their social abuses and pretences, retains every ounce of its freshness and bite. An undisputed comic masterpiece, Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich reveals a depth of compassionate criticism rare in Leacock’s writings. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Little Dinner With Mr. Lucullus Fyshe The Wizard of Finance The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr. Tomlinson The Yahi- Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs. Rasselyer- Brown The Love Story of Mr. Peter Spillikins The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph The Ministrations of the Rev. Uttermust Dumfarthing The Great Fight for Clean Government   Afterword

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Authors Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch
Publisher Random House Canada
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 03.08.2010
 
EAN 9780771094095
ISBN 978-0-7710-9409-5
No. of pages 240
Dimensions 130 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
Series New Canadian Library (Paperbac
New Canadian Library
New Canadian Library
New Canadian Library (Paperbac
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature

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