Nonsense Novels
Stephen Leacock
Read by TriciaG
Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G) (3 hr 27 min)
Chapters
| 00 - Preface | 1:28 | Read by TriciaG |
| 01 - Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective | 16:40 | Read by TriciaG |
| 02 - 'Q.' A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural | 22:05 | Read by TriciaG |
| 03 - Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry | 13:51 | Read by TriciaG |
| 04 - Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen | 21:24 | Read by TriciaG |
| 05 - A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft | 18:18 | Read by TriciaG |
| 06 - Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie Mushenough | 18:49 | Read by TriciaG |
| 07 - Hannah of the Highlands: or, The Laird of Loch Aucherlocherty | 21:40 | Read by TriciaG |
| 08 - Soaked in Seaweed: or, Upset in the Ocean | 21:45 | Read by TriciaG |
| 09 - Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant | 24:18 | Read by TriciaG |
| 10 - The Man in Asbestos: an Allegory of the Future | 26:57 | Read by TriciaG |
Reviews
Great listen
ekortright
Leacock pokes fun at just about every conceivable style of fiction popular in his day, read in perfect deadpan by TriciaG. Some stories are more effective than others, and one of them was so true to the genre it was trying to ridicule that I found myself forgetting that it was supposed to be a parody and didn't find it funny at all. Nevertheless, if you listen to this recording without laughing out loud several times, you are made of stern stuff indeed!
Funny, a little dated.
Timothy Ferguson
A Librivox recording that’s funny in parts and dated in others. In each section the author writes a short story which parodies the tropes of one of the genres popular in his time. Some of the jokes still find the mark.
TriciaG - Thank you
zobert
Huge fan of both - reader and writer.
more good nonsense
dnalbone
Some great howlers in here...