Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

by Stephen Leacock

1912•Comedy•191 pages

Taste attributes: comedydramawholesomelightrealisticsimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeExpect a small-scale, wholesome comic novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like warmth over edge.

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4.5 / 5

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About This Book

"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. This series of humorous connected sketches about graft, high finance, religion, love and romance is, on one level, an intimate, comic portrait of town life and local politics.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyDramaSocial commentaryUnlikely connections

Subjects

Social life and customsAnecdotesSatireCanadian HumoristsIn literatureCity and town life in literatureCity and town lifeCanadian wit and humor

Details

Author
Stephen Leacock
Published
1912
Pages
191
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