Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Humorous Fiction

Authors: Stephen Leacock In Year : 1914

Book Language: English

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01 - A Little Dinner with Mr. Lucullus Fyshe pt 1
02 - A Little Dinner with Mr. Lucullus Fyshe pt 2
03 - The Wizard of Finance
04 - The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr. Tomlinson pt 1
05 - The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr. Tomlinson pt 2
06 - The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown pt 1
07 - The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown pt 2
08 - The Love Story of Mr. Peter Spillikins pt 1
09 - The Love Story of Mr. Peter Spillikins pt 2
10 - The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph pt 1
11 - The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph pt 2
12 - The Ministrations of the Rev. Uttermust Dumfarthing pt 1
13 - The Ministrations of the Rev. Uttermust Dumfarthing pt 2
14 - The Great Fight for Clean Government pt 1
15 - The Great Fight for Clean Government pt 2

"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follow-up to his 1912 classic "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town." Like that work, it is a sequence of interlocking stories set in one town, but instead of focusing on a small Canadian town in the countryside, it is set in a major American metropolis and its characters are the upper crust of society.

Although currently not as well-known as the earlier book, "Arcadian Adventures" was extremely popular in North America at the time of its publication and for a while was considered the greater success. It was also translated and published by the Bolshevik government soon after the 1917 revolution and it became a bestseller in the Soviet Union. (Summary by Wikipedia)