Frenzied Fiction
Stephen Leacock
Leído por 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)
Capítulos
| My Revelations as a Spy | 20:11 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| Father Knickerbocker: A Fantasy | 22:07 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| The Prophet in Our Midst | 10:57 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| Personal Adventures in the Spirit World | 20:23 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| The Sorrows of a Summer Guest | 22:47 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| To Nature and Back Again | 19:12 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| The Cave-Man as He is | 15:42 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| Ideal Interviews-- | 41:44 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| The New Education | 11:57 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| The Errors of Santa Claus | 7:47 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| Lost in New York | 9:31 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| This Strenuous Age | 8:15 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| The Old, Old Story of How Five Men Went Fishing | 15:33 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| Back from the Land | 18:08 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| The Perplexity Column as Done by the Jaded Journalist | 5:28 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| Simple Stories of Success, or How to Succeed in Life | 13:32 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| In Dry Toronto | 19:08 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
| Merry Christmas | 18:51 | Leído por Debra Lynn |
Reseñas
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.