Literary Lapses (New Canadian Library)
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The humour, irony, and wit of Stephen Leacock have never been shown to better advantage than in Literary Lapses, his first collection of comic writings. Within its pages are such classic stories as the man who is seized by fear as he opens a bank account; the awful case of the young man who dies because he cannot tell a lie; the astonishing tale of the baby who ate thirteen Christmas dinners, and many other tales that have become part of the world's comic literature.
When Literary Lapses first appeared in 1910, it was an instant critical and popular success. Within a few years of its publication, Leacock was acknowledged as the English-speaking world’s most beloved humourist.
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Oh, Henry, quick! Baby has snatched the pill! It was too true. Dear little Gustavus Adolphus, the golden-haired baby boy, had grabbed the whole Christmas dinner off the poker chip and bolted it. Three hundred and fifty pounds of concentrated nourishment passed down the oesophagus of the unthinking child.
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Literary Lapses (New Canadian Library)
Literary Lapses (New Canadian Library),Stephen Leacock,Robertson Davies,New Canadian Library,0771099835,Fiction - General,Literary,Literature: Classics,Fiction / Literary
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