Stephen Leacock was born at Swanmore, England in 1869. Before his death in 1944, Leacock's place as one of the great humourists of all time had been established by millions of readers the world over and by tributes from his successors.
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8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody gives away it's genre: Soaked in Seaweed or, Upset in the Ocean; Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective;... SEE MORE