Nonsense Novels
Stephen Leacock
Lu par TriciaG
Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G) (3 hr 27 min)
Chapitres
| 00 - Preface | 1:28 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 01 - Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective | 16:40 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 02 - 'Q.' A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural | 22:05 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 03 - Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry | 13:51 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 04 - Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen | 21:24 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 05 - A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft | 18:18 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 06 - Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie Mushenough | 18:49 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 07 - Hannah of the Highlands: or, The Laird of Loch Aucherlocherty | 21:40 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 08 - Soaked in Seaweed: or, Upset in the Ocean | 21:45 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 09 - Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant | 24:18 | Lu par TriciaG |
| 10 - The Man in Asbestos: an Allegory of the Future | 26:57 | Lu par TriciaG |
Critiques
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...