Nonsense novels

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Nonsense novels

by Stephen Leacock ; introduction by Daniel Handler

New York Review Books, c2005

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Originally published: London : John Lane, 1911. With new introd

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A gift? Yes-a gift for you. You're welcome.--"from the introduction by Daniel Handler" "Nonsense Novels" sends up the silliest conventions of the ghost story, the detective story, the rags-to-riches story, the adventure story, the shipwreck story, and, of course, the story itself. Among other things. Here the close cultivation of cliche yields a bumper crop of absurdity and the utterly ludicrous turns up at every new twist of the tale. This is a satirical masterpiece. Stephen Leacock was a genius.

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  • NCID
    BB08709555
  • ISBN
    • 1590171187
  • LCCN
    2004017964
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 159 p.
  • Size
    19 cm
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