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Nonsense Novels

Gelesen von TriciaG

(4 Sterne; 11 Bewertungen)

Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G) (3 hr 27 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface

1:28

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01 - Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective

16:40

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02 - 'Q.' A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural

22:05

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03 - Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry

13:51

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04 - Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen

21:24

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05 - A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft

18:18

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06 - Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie Mushenough

18:49

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07 - Hannah of the Highlands: or, The Laird of Loch Aucherlocherty

21:40

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08 - Soaked in Seaweed: or, Upset in the Ocean

21:45

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09 - Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant

24:18

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10 - The Man in Asbestos: an Allegory of the Future

26:57

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Bewertungen

Great listen

(5 Sterne)

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.

(3 Sterne)

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

(5 Sterne)

Huge fan of both - reader and writer.

more good nonsense

(4 Sterne)

Some great howlers in here...