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Stephen Leacock


Born
in Swanmore, Hampshire, England
December 30, 1869

Died
March 28, 1944

Genre
Humor, Literature & Fiction


Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock, FRSC, was 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. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies. The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour was named in his honour.

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Average rating: 3.77 · 9,872 ratings · 840 reviews · 519 distinct works • Similar authors
Sunshine Sketches of a Litt...
3.73 avg rating — 3,858 ratings — published 1912 — 112 editions
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Literary Lapses
3.88 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 1910 — 240 editions
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Nonsense Novels
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3.85 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 1911 — 210 editions
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Arcadian Adventures with th...
3.81 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 1914 — 195 editions
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Frenzied Fiction
3.72 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1917 — 88 editions
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My Financial Career
3.60 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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My Financial Career and Oth...
3.72 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions
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The Dawn of Canadian Histor...
2.98 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1915 — 99 editions
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Laugh With Leacock
3.66 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1981 — 27 editions
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A Treasury of Stephen Leacock
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“Advertising - A judicious mixture of flattery and threats.”
― Stephen Leacock
tags: advertising, humour
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“He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
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― Stephen Leacock
tags: horse, humor, hyperbole
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“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it”
― Stephen Leacock
tags: luck
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CanLit Challenge: Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock, #13 1 15 Oct 31, 2010 11:52AM  
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