This wonderful book is complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/soaked-in-seaweed-and-7-other-nonsense-novels-by-stephen-leacock/
Volunteers outside the USA: STEPHEN LEACOCK died in 1944. The author's work is still protected by copyright in places, like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years, and Australia (author's death plus 70 years for authors who died after 1955).
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'
1. Soaked in Seaweed or, Upset in the Ocean; 2. Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective; 3. "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural; 4. Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry; 5. The Man in Asbestos: an Allegory of the Future; 6. Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie Mushenough. 7. A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft and 8. Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant. If you enjoy take offs and parodies, the stories in this collection are for you. See how many types you recognize as you listen and laugh. (Summary by phil chenevert)
- Target completion date: 2012-Dec-31
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4682
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I think my favorite was the Man in Asbestos.
I've no idea. So, when you downloaded the 'listen' link, this showed up on your computer? I just tried downloading it and only got the mp3 file. Oh well, it isn't important just very curious. 