- Satire and humour, Canadian (English), CIHM, Social life and customs, Literature, Satire et humeur canadiennes-anglaises, ICMH
"Set in the fictional landscape of Mariposa on the shores of Lake Wissanotti in Missinaba County, Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of A Little Town is an affectionate satire of small town life.
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Comic, warm, cool and effortless.
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- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Stephen Leacock
- First published
- 1967
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher
- John Lane company; [etc., etc.], Bell & Cockburn, Westland, Brian
- Editions
- 62
- Language
- Chinese, English, French
- ISBN
- 9780393926347
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A Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Leacock>Wikipedia</a>).
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