Further Foolishness
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2012
- Category
- Humorous, Short Stories (single author)
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781443417273
- Publish Date
- Jul 2012
- List Price
- $0.99
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Description
First published in 1916, Further Foolishness is a collection of Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock’s humour sketches. This collection includes such laugh-out-loud works as “The White House from Without In,” “A Study in Still Life—My Tailor,” “The Snoopopaths,” and “Are the Rich Happy?”
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About the author
Award-winning Canadian humorist and writer Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was the author of more than 50 literary works, and between 1915 and 1925 was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world. Leacock’s fictional works include classics like Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, and Literary Lapses. In addition to his humor writings, Leacock was an accomplished political theorist, publishing such works as Elements of Political Science and My Discovery of the West: A Discussion of East and West in Canada, for which he won the Governor General's Award for writing in 1937. Leacock’s life continues to be commemorated through the awarding of the Leacock Medal for Humour and with an annual literary festival in his hometown of Orillia, Ontario.