Literary Lapses
Gelesen von TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
(4,091 Sterne; 11 Bewertungen)
Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than any other living author. One may say he is one of the greatest jesters, the greatest humorist of the age." – A. P. Herbert (Summary by TriciaG and Wikipedia) (4 hr 40 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
Can't Take It.
Moonpie1
(2 Sterne)
The reader has a hypnotizing way of intoning all of her sentences the same way. She weirdly extends the last word of each phrase and raises her pitch a bit, in a way no one would do in natural speech. Pretty soon I'm listening to that pattern and can't focus on the words of the story.
Laugh out loud funny, on a regular basis
Timothy Ferguson
(5 Sterne)
The book didn't click for me, until about chapter 4. Not so much because of the readin, which is good or excellent depending on the reader, but because...well I don't know. It took me a little while to "get" the author. I mention this only to suggest to you that if you are listening to this and just don't get it, give it a little time. It really is excellent once you click to it. (His politics regarding the Armenians are abominable, though.)
So Relevant
Spacy Linenkitty
(4,5 Sterne)
Stephen Leacock should be enshrined alongside, but slightly to the right and 1/4", lower, as Twain. He beats Twain out for sheer ridiculousness, and laughably mean insanity. His writings are fresh and modern. If Twain is The epitome of American humor, Mtr. Leacock is certainly Canada's
TricaG is great!
zobert
(5 Sterne)
For the first couple of stories, TriciaG didn't impress me. Then I 'got' her. Her reading is a wonderful combination of innocence and irony. Perfectly suited to Leacock's work. Hope she reads more of his stories. I've listened to her reading of Lapses many times.
Raycyst
Bill Cosby
(5 Sterne)
These stories, read by a great narrator, are whimsical and funny. Therein lays the problem. Whimsey is now out of favor. All the math jokes need to be replaced with observation on how Texans hate black folks.
Excellent
Thankful
(4 Sterne)
Great humour! The reading is steady and competently, with a curious intonation well suited to the book.