Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Humorous Fiction

Authors: Stephen Leacock In Year : 0

Book Language: English

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Preface
The Hostelry of Mr. Smith
The Speculations of Jefferson Thorpe
The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias
The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Drone
The Whirlwind Campaign in Mariposa
The Beacon on the Hill
The Extraordinary Entanglement of Mr. Pupkin
The Fore-ordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin
The Mariposa Bank Mystery
The Great Election in Missinaba County
The Candidacy of Mr. Smith
L'Envoi: The Train to Mariposa

Widely considered a classic of Canadian humorous literature, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town tells stories set in the fictional town of Mariposa. The author Stephen Leacock most certainly based the stories on experience at his summer home in Orillia, Ontario. (Summary by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)