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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

by Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944

BookID: 3533

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

City and town life -- FictionCanada -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Description

"Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town" by Stephen Leacock is a sequence of stories published in 1912. Set in the fictional town of Mariposa on Lake Wissanotti, this Canadian humorous classic portrays small-town life through affectionate satire. The sketches follow colorful local characters—hotel proprietors, barbers, undertakers, and lovelorn bank tellers—whose ordinary dramas are elevated to comic grandeur by an unreliable narrator. From a steamboat sinking in six feet of water to country-wide elections, Leacock captures the charm and foibles of countless small towns across Canada. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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