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Such was Stephen Leacock's fame and reputation at the time, that American humorist Robert Benchley - having just published a book of his own - send a copy to his good friend, inscribed, "To Stephen Leacock, who certainly ought to like most of the stuff in this book as he wrote it himself first." The message was typical of the admiration for an author who still - some 60 years after his death - continues to share the stage with Charles Dickness and Mark Twain as one of the best-loved humorists in the English-speaking world. The author of such masterpieces as Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town…mehr

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Such was Stephen Leacock's fame and reputation at the time, that American humorist Robert Benchley - having just published a book of his own - send a copy to his good friend, inscribed, "To Stephen Leacock, who certainly ought to like most of the stuff in this book as he wrote it himself first." The message was typical of the admiration for an author who still - some 60 years after his death - continues to share the stage with Charles Dickness and Mark Twain as one of the best-loved humorists in the English-speaking world. The author of such masterpieces as Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town and Arcadian Adventures of the Idle Rich, was a man of biting satire and joyous observation - a man whose lifetime straddled half the reign of Queen Victoria and half the twentieth century. Based on private letters, diaries, newspaper accounts and memoirs, this marvelously illustrated volume explores Leacock's personal and public lives, his amazing creative process and the impact he had as a writer.
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Albert Moritz and Theresa Moritz