Frenzied Fiction
Stephen Leacock
Gelesen von Debra Lynn
From the cave man to Santa Claus; spies, know-it-alls, and journalists: all are fair game for Leacock’s special brand of humor. He touches on the changes time has brought about in the city, education, and work habits. Among the other topics in this work are nature, fishing, gardening, success, and spirits--both of the departed and of the variety Prohibition prohibited. (5 hr 1 min)
Kapitel
| My Revelations as a Spy | 20:11 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| Father Knickerbocker: A Fantasy | 22:07 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| The Prophet in Our Midst | 10:57 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| Personal Adventures in the Spirit World | 20:23 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| The Sorrows of a Summer Guest | 22:47 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| To Nature and Back Again | 19:12 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| The Cave-Man as He is | 15:42 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| Ideal Interviews-- | 41:44 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| The New Education | 11:57 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| The Errors of Santa Claus | 7:47 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| Lost in New York | 9:31 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| This Strenuous Age | 8:15 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| The Old, Old Story of How Five Men Went Fishing | 15:33 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| Back from the Land | 18:08 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| The Perplexity Column as Done by the Jaded Journalist | 5:28 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| Simple Stories of Success, or How to Succeed in Life | 13:32 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| In Dry Toronto | 19:08 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
| Merry Christmas | 18:51 | Gelesen von Debra Lynn |
Bewertungen
Mixed Bag
Janelle
Frenzied Fiction was rather a mixed bag of stories, some rating four stars and others barely scraping in at two. Most of the stories were satires of different genres of humour, with varying degrees of success. The book was published in 1917, so there were a number of references to the war, as well as to prohibition, which must have been very topical at the time. The final story was quite a divergence from Leacock's usual emphasis on humour, and it really brought home to me the feelings of those who lived through the Great War. This final story deserves fives stars for it's creative depiction of loss and hope to a war worn audience. Many thanks to the reader; she was quite good, although the sound quality was lacking.
Frenzied Fiction
Nancy Ikley
Steven Leacock is one of those very rare authors that make me ( I almost hate to write it) laugh out loud. Wonderfully read.