Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels
This book is a member of the special collection Special Collection: The Works of Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)
Book Details
| Title: | Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1920 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | John Lane, The Bodley Head | ||||||||||
| Tags: | humour, short stories, Canadian wit and humour | ||||||||||
| Description: | I. WINSOME WINNIE; OR, TRIAL AND TEMPTATION I. Thrown on the World II. A Rencounter III. Friends in Distress IV. A Gambling Party in St. James's Close V. The Abduction VI. The Unknown VII. The Proposal VIII. Wedded at Last II. JOHN AND I; OR, HOW I NEARLY LOST MY HUSBAND III. THE SPLIT IN THE CABINET; OR, THE FATE OF ENGLAND IV. WHO DO YOU THINK DID IT? OR, THE MIXED-UP MURDER MYSTERY I. He Dined with Me Last Night II. I must save her Life III. I must buy a Book on Billiards IV. That is not Billiard Chalk V. Has anybody here seen Kelly? VI. Show me the Man who wore those Boots VII. Oh, Mr. Kent, save me! VIII. You are Peter Kelly IX. Let me tell you the Story of my Life X. So do I V. BROKEN BARRIERS; OR, RED LOVE ON A BLUE ISLAND VI. THE KIDNAPPED PLUMBER: A TALE OF THE NEW TIME VII. THE BLUE AND THE GREY: A PRE-WAR WAR STORY VIII. BUGGAM GRANGE: A GOOD OLD GHOST STORY [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Pages: | 80  |
Author Bio for Leacock, Stephen Butler
Stephen Butler Leacock (December 30, 1869 - March 28, 1944) was a Canadian political scientist, and writer and humourist. He was extremely popular around the world, indeed, between 1915 and 1925 he was the most popular and widely read humourist in the English-speaking world.
Perhaps his most famous books were Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town and Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, two of his thirty-five books of humour. He wrote twenty-eight books of non-fiction, his first was the famous Elements of Political Science.
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