7 best short stories by Stephen Leacock

7 best short stories by Stephen Leacock
Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2020-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3968589947

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Stephen Leacock sees the comic of social situations. His writing exposes the incongruity between appearance and reality in human conduct, and his work is characterized by the invention of lively comic situations. Through this seven specially selected short stories you can meet and have fun with this author: - My Financial Career - Merry Christmas - How to Make a Million Dollars - How to Live to be 200 - How to Avoid Getting Married - Aristocratic Education - Self-Made Men

7 best short stories - Morality Tales

7 best short stories - Morality Tales
Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3967991881

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One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important lessons. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories with timeless messages: The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho - The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain - The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock - Work, Death and Sickness by Leo Tolstoy - The Father by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Emancipation. A Life Fable by Kate Chopin - An Uncomfortable Bed by Guy de MaupassantFor more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

7 best short stories - Sea Stories

7 best short stories - Sea Stories
Author: Stephen Crane
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3968584023

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Sea fiction a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments. Nautical fiction usually includes distinctive themes, such as a focus on masculinity and heroism, investigations of social hierarchies, and the psychological struggles of the individual in the hostile environment of the sea. For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven great examples of these stories of salt water and adventure. Enjoy! - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane. - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson. - The Sea Raiders by H. G. Wells. - Soaked in Seaweed: or Upset in the Ocean by Stephen Leacock. - A Descent into the Maelström by Edgar Allan Poe. - An Adventure in the Upper Sea by Jack London. - The Old Man of the Sea by W. W. Jacobs. For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

7 best short stories - Humor

7 best short stories - Humor
Author: Saki (H.H. Munro)
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3967994139

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The ability to produce humor and laughter is one of the things that makes us human. Humor implies a complex knowledge of the world and the ability to interpret reality in multiple layers. That said, it is not surprising that many authors have chosen humorous fiction to convey their message. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that use humor to reach and entertain the reader: - A Burlesque Autobiography by Mark Twain - Luck by Mark Twain - The Death of a Government Clerk by Anton Chekhov - The Mouse by Saki - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol - Soaked in Seaweed: or Upset in the Ocean by Stephen Leacock - My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

7 best short stories - Christmas

7 best short stories - Christmas
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3968586832

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Christmas brings out the best of us, our best intentions and willingness to share with others. The writers also participate in this climate of generosity and offered us with great tales that have become classics in the imaginary of Christmas. Critic August Nemo selected seven Christmas tales for you to enjoy and read in the family: - The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen - The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Christmas Jenny by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke - Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock - Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

7 best short stories - Food

7 best short stories - Food
Author: Saki (H.H. Munro)
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3968586654

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Eating is more than just feeding the body. The time for a meal is the time to unite the community around a table and share. The taste of food can evoke feelings and memories such as longing, joy and contemplation. Knowing this, writers have always used food as a subject in their works, to metaphorize feelings and thoughts. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by great authors who mixed literature and cuisine. Enjoy! - A Piece of Steak by Jack London - Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov - A Dinner by Alexander Kielland - The New Food by Stephen Leacock - White Bread by Zona Gale - Witches' Loaves by O. Henry - Tea by Saki For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

The Essential Stephen Leacock

The Essential Stephen Leacock
Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2015-03-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781508712817

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A collection of short stories by Stephen Leacock.Stephen Leacock was one of the most successful and well-known authors of the early twentieth century. His light-hearted approach to humour and his quick wit remain funny today despite the passage of time, changes in taste and style and are as amusing now as they were when originally written nearly a hundred years ago.Gathered here are three separate and unabridged collections of short stories originally printed in magazines and newspapers: Literary Lapses, Further Foolishness and Frenzied Fiction, as well as an original biography and Leacock's own unfinished autobiography, 'The Boy I Left Behind Me'.This collection hopes to introduce a new audience to Stephen Leacock, who has already inspired a wide range of comedians and authors alike, as well as to remind us of the true nature of comedy.

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Author: Stephen Leacock
Publisher: New Canadian Library
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0771093977

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Affectionately combining both the idyllic and ironic, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is Stephen Leacock’s most beloved book. Set in fictional Mariposa, an Ontario town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti, these sketches present a remarkable range of characters: some irritating, some exasperating, some foolhardy, but all endearing. Painted with the skilful brushstrokes of a great comic artist, the delightful inhabitants of Mariposa represent the people of small towns everywhere. As fresh, funny, and insightful today as when it was first published in 1912, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is Stephen Leacock at his best – colourful, imaginative, and thoroughly entertaining.

Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 2

Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 2
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 4779
Release: 2019-10-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8577775607

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This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: - Mary Shelley - D. H. Lawrence - Ellis Parker Butler - Anthony Trollope - Zona Gale - Emma Orczy - Don Marquis - Charles W. Chesnutt - Kathleen Norris - Stanley G. Weinbaum - Honoré de Balzac - M. R. James - Banjo Paterson - Bret Harte - Henry Lawson - W. W. Jacobs - Charlotte M. Yonge - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - L. Frank Baum - O. Henry - William Dean Howells - T. S. Arthur - Sherwood Anderson - Robert Barr - Lafcadio Hearn - Giovanni Verga - Hamlin Garland - Émile Zola - Stewart Edward White - Sarah Orne Jewett - Willa Cather - George Ade - Robert W. Chambers - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Ruth McEnery Stuart - Lord Dunsany - George Gissing - Théophile Gautier - Paul Heyse - Selma Lagerlöf - Thomas Burke - Edith Nesbit - Arthur Morrison - Stacy Aumonier - John Galsworthy - E. W. Hornung - Ernest Bramah