Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)
Stephen Leacock
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is Mariposa, a small town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti. Although drawn from his experiences in Orillia, Ontario, Leacock writes in the introduction: "Mariposa is not a real town. On the contrary, it is about seventy or eighty of them. You may find them all the way from Lake Superior to the sea, with the same square streets and the same maple trees and the same churches and hotels."y of the characters, though modelled on townspeople of Orillia, are small town archetypes. Their shortcomings and weaknesses are presented in a humorous but affectionate way. (Summary from Wikipedia) (5 hr 16 min)
Chapters
00 - Preface | 8:38 | Read by Dave Ranson |
01 - The Hostelry of Mr. Smith | 41:48 | Read by Dave Ranson |
02 - The Speculations of Jefferson Thorpe | 28:11 | Read by Dave Ranson |
03 - The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias | 34:16 | Read by Dave Ranson |
04 - The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Drone | 29:28 | Read by Sibella Denton |
05 - The Whirlwind Campaign in Mariposa | 14:40 | Read by Sibella Denton |
06 - The Beacon on the Hill | 18:33 | Read by Bridget Gaige |
07 - The Extraordinary Entanglement of Mr. Pupkin | 21:02 | Read by Bridget Gaige |
08 - The Fore-ordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin | 27:21 | Read by Bob Sherman |
09 - The Mariposa Bank Mystery | 33:41 | Read by Bob Sherman |
10 - The Great Election in Missinaba County | 20:57 | Read by Sibella Denton |
11 - The Candidacy of Mr. Smith | 26:18 | Read by Sibella Denton |
12 - L'Envoi: The Train to Mariposa | 11:49 | Read by Sibella Denton |