Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock
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"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" by Stephen Leacock is a collection of humorous interwoven vignettes published in 1914. Set on Plutoria Avenue in an unnamed American city, the book follows wealthy members of the Mausoleum Club, satirizing their obsessive individualism and materialism. This companion work to "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town" ranks among Leacock's most scathing and funniest works, penetrating upper-class sham with cheerful satire. The book became extremely popular
in North America and even a bestseller in the Soviet Union. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 |
|---|---|
| Title | Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadian_Adventures_with_the_Idle_Rich |
| Contents | A little dinner with Mr. Lucullus Fyshe -- The wizard of finance -- The arrested philanthropy of Mr. Tomlinson -- The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown -- The love story of Mr. Peter Spillikins -- The rival churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph -- The ministrations of the Rev. Uttermust Dumfarthing -- The great fight for clean government. |
| Credits | Produced by Gardner Buchanan. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Satire |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | Rich people -- Fiction |
| Subject | Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4020 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Dec 27, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 530 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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