Title | : | Selections by Leacock from Vanity Fair 1914-1915 (Unabridged) |
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Author | : | Stephen Leacock |
Release | : | 2025-03-18 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | Fiction |
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1 | Selections by Leacock from Vanity Fair 1 | Stephen Leacock |
An Available Audio Book In Cooperation with Spoken Realms SELECTIONS BY LEACOCK FROM VANITY FAIR 1914-1915 By Stephen Leacock. Narrated by Joseph Tabler 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 His stories, first published in magazines in Canada and the United States and later in novel form, became extremely popular around the world. It was said in 1911 that more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than of Canada. (Wikipedia) CONTENTS 001_Afternoon Adventures At My Club 1. May 1914 002_Afternoon Adventures At My Club 2. June 1914 003_Afternoon Adventures At My Club 3. Aug 1914 004_Afternoon Adventures At My Club 4. Sept 1914 005_Afternoon Adventures At My Club 5. Nov 1914 006_Brief Studies in Idiocy. Apr 1915 007_Studies in Idiocy - War Mania. May 1915 008_The Ground Floor. June 1915 **All historians have some bias or slant. And of course, their works were written in a different time than our own. More can be learned about this author in his Wikipedia entry. Audio cover picture - A fanciful sketch by Arthur Finley in Vanity Fair Oct. 1915 p47. Available Audio Books - The books I read for you may have a few extraneous sounds and will be imperfectly read and produced. Hopefully, you will excuse any defects, as these Old books are quite unlikely to become audiobooks otherwise and still have great value. Joseph Tabler. Aloha. Read online at Archive.org and/or HathiTrust.org Audio copyright 2024 by Joseph Tabler. Note - This book is 'read as written'. It was originally published from 1914-1915. It is in the public domain. |