Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock
"Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town" by Stephen Leacock is a sequence of stories published in 1912. Set in the fictional town of Mariposa on Lake Wissanotti, this Canadian humorous classic portrays small-town life through affectionate satire. The sketches follow colorful local characters—hotel proprietors, barbers, undertakers, and lovelorn bank tellers—whose ordinary dramas are elevated to comic grandeur by an unreliable narrator. From a steamboat sinking in six feet of water to country-wide
elections, Leacock captures the charm and foibles of countless small towns across Canada. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 |
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| Title | Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Sketches_of_a_Little_Town |
| Credits | Produced by Gardner Buchanan, The Distributed Proofreaders Team, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | City and town life -- Fiction |
| Subject | Canada -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 3533 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2002 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 26, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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