Literary Lapses
Stephen Leacock
Play
Length 4 h 40 min
Chapters 41
First published 1910
Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than any other living author. One may say he is one of the greatest jesters, the greatest humorist of the age." – A. P. Herbert (Summary by TriciaG and Wikipedia)
Chapters
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01 - My Financial Career Read by TriciaG 6:04
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02 - Lord Oxhead's Secret Read by TriciaG 13:46
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03 - Boarding-house Geometry Read by TriciaG 2:21
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04 - The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones Read by TriciaG 6:13
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05 - A Christmas Letter Read by TriciaG 2:39
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06 - How to Make a Million Dollars Read by TriciaG 8:56
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07 - How to Live to Be 200 Read by TriciaG 7:49
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08 - How to Avoid Getting Married Read by TriciaG 7:23
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09 - How to Be a Doctor Read by TriciaG 9:10
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10 - The New Food Read by TriciaG 2:54
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11 - A New Pathology Read by TriciaG 8:28
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12 - The Poet Answered Read by TriciaG 2:24
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13 - The Force of Statistics Read by TriciaG 3:02
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14 - Men Who Have Shaved Me Read by TriciaG 9:24
15
15 - Getting the Thread of It Read by TriciaG 7:17
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16 - Telling His Faults Read by TriciaG 2:50
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17 - Winter Pastimes Read by TriciaG 8:36
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18 - Number Fifty-Six Read by TriciaG 14:48
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19 - Aristocratic Education Read by TriciaG 4:49
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20 - The Conjurer's Revenge Read by TriciaG 5:02
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21 - Hints to Travellers Read by TriciaG 5:51
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22 - A Manual of Education Read by TriciaG 5:07
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23 - Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas Read by TriciaG 6:48
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24 - The Life of John Smith Read by TriciaG 8:38
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25 - On Collecting Things Read by TriciaG 6:04
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26 - Society Chit-Chat Read by TriciaG 6:54
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27 - Insurance Up to Date Read by TriciaG 3:26
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28 - Borrowing a Match Read by TriciaG 3:11
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29 - A Lesson in Fiction Read by TriciaG 7:55
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30 - Helping the Armenians Read by TriciaG 2:46
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31 - A Study in Still Life: The Country Hotel Read by TriciaG 3:51
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32 - An Experiment with Policeman Hogan Read by TriciaG 12:16
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33 - The Passing of the Poet Read by TriciaG 12:13
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34 - Self-Made Men Read by TriciaG 6:44
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35 - A Model Dialogue Read by TriciaG 3:13
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36 - Back to the Bush Read by TriciaG 11:03
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37 - Reflections on Riding Read by TriciaG 4:26
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38 - Saloonio Read by TriciaG 6:44
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39 - Half-Hours with the Poets Read by TriciaG 15:43
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40 - A, B, and C Read by TriciaG 11:35
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41 - Acknowledgments Read by TriciaG 1:53
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