My Financial Career and Other Follies - Stephen Leacock & David Staines

By Stephen Leacock & David Staines

Release Date: 1993-04-01

Genre: Short Stories

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This original NCL collection brings together Leacock’s comic masterpieces, the many varieties of his remarkable humour. In one story a young man is seized by fear as he attempts to open his first bank account. In another, Lord Ronald, the beloved of Gertrude the Governess, ā€œflung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.ā€ In a third, the Mariposa Belle sinks in the shallow waters of Lake Wissanotti.

Completing these timeless comedies are two of Leacock’s own essays on humour.

My Financial Career and Other Follies - Stephen Leacock & David Staines

By Stephen Leacock & David Staines

Release Date: 1993-04-01

Genre: Short Stories

(0 ratings)
This original NCL collection brings together Leacock’s comic masterpieces, the many varieties of his remarkable humour. In one story a young man is seized by fear as he attempts to open his first bank account. In another, Lord Ronald, the beloved of Gertrude the Governess, ā€œflung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.ā€ In a third, the Mariposa Belle sinks in the shallow waters of Lake Wissanotti.

Completing these timeless comedies are two of Leacock’s own essays on humour.

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