Nonsense novels

by Stephen Leacock

Hardcover, 2005

Status

Available

Publication

New York: New York Review Books, c2005.

Description

Classic Literature. Fiction. Short Stories. Humor (Fiction.) HTML: In this collection of hilarious literary satires, Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock jaunts from genre to genre, gleefully skewering mysteries, ghost stories, detective novels, and virtually every other type of fiction you can think of. It's a light but surprisingly insightful look at the excesses of twentieth-century prose that will amuse and delight readers..

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LibraryThing member jennyo
I think I first stumbled on the New York Review of Books website a couple of months ago. Don't know why I'd never heard of it before; I'm completely enthralled now. I've ordered books for my kids, and I ordered this one for myself.

This book of short stories was initially published in 1911. In it,
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Leacock takes satiric aim at genre fiction. He tackles the mystery, the romance, the high seas adventure, the simple midwestern farm tale, and several more. It's a quick read, and very funny. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and will enjoy handing it to my kids after they've read some of the more classic books (Sherlock Holmes, Little House on the Prairie, Horatio Hornblower, etc.).
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Barcode

10960

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