Delphi Complete Works of Stephen Leacock

The internationally acclaimed Canadian humorist, Stephen Leacock produced over thirty books of light-hearted sketches and essays. The beguiling fantasies and hilarious tales of ‘Literary Lapses’ (1910), ‘Nonsense Novels’ (1911) and ‘Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town’ (1912) helped launch Leacock’s career as a master writer of humour. He also produced learned and well-researched non-fiction books, including important historical works on his beloved home of Canada and detailed reviews of literary figures. This comprehensive eBook presents Leacock’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Leacock’s life and works

All 12 short story collections available in the US public domain, with individual contents tables

Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories

Easily locate the short stories you want to read

Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

Excellent formatting of the texts

Rare non-fiction works

Includes Leacock’s play ‘Q’

Features Peter McArthur’s seminal biography – discover Leacock’s literary life

Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

Please note: the eBook contains as many Leacock works as possible available in the US public domain. New texts will be added to the edition as they become available.

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CONTENTS:

Contents

The Fiction

Literary Lapses

Nonsense Novels

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Behind the Beyond

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy

Further Foolishness

Essays and Literary Studies

Frenzied Fiction

The Hohenzollerns in America

Winsome Winnie

My Discovery of England

The Short Stories

List of Short Stories in Chronological Order

List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

The Play

“Q”: A Farce in One Act

The Non-Fiction

Elements of Political Science

Baldwin, Lafontaine, Hincks: Responsible Government

Adventurers of the Far North

The Dawn of Canadian History

The Mariner of St. Malo

The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice

The Biography

Stephen Leacock by Peter McArthur