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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

By Stephen Leacock , Carl Spadoni

Book information

Publisher
Broadview Press
Year
2002
ISBN
1-55111-178-0, 9781551111780
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (18299131 bytes)
Pages
321\408
Time added
2018-02-18 10:30:00

Description

Set in the fictional landscape of Mariposa on the shores of Lake Wissanotti in Missinaba County, Leacock’s Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is an affectionate satire of small town life. This series of humourous connected sketches about graft, high finance, religion, love and romance is, on one level, an intimate, comic portrait of town life and local politics. On another level, the narrative is a powerful commentary on the workings of community values and on Canada’s place within the British Empire. The Broadview edition includes a critical introduction, thorough annotation, a list of textual variants, and a range of contextual materials, including Leacock’s stage adaptation of Sunshine Sketches.

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