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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 clich yields a bumper crop of absurdity... Read Full Overview

The great detective sat in his office. He wore a long green gown and half a dozen secret badges pinned to the outside of it. Three or four pairs of false whiskers hung on a whisker-stand beside him. Goggles, blue spectacles and motor glasses lay within easy reach. He could completely... Read Full Overview

THE great detective sat in his office. He wore a long green gown and half a dozen secret badges pinned to the outside of it. Three or four pairs of false whiskers hung on a whisker-stand beside him. Goggles, blue spectacles and motor glasses lay within easy reach. He could completely... Read Full Overview

Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock is a classic collection of hilarious literary satires which jaunts from genre to genre, gleeful mysteries, ghost stories, detective novels, and almost every other type of fiction you can imagine.Any profits generated from the sale of this book... Read Full Overview

THE author of this book offers it to the public without apology. The reviewers of his previous work of this character have presumed, on inductive grounds, that he must be a young man from the most westerly part of the Western States, to whom many things might be pardoned as due... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from Nonsense Novels: Illustrated by John Kettelwell This character have presumed, on inductive grounds, that he must be a young man from the most westerly part of the Western States, to whom many things might be pardoned as due to the exuberant animal spirits of. Youth... Read Full Overview

Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock.Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock is a classic collection of hilarious literary satires which jaunts from genre to genre, gleeful mysteries, ghost stories, detective novels, and almost every other type ..."Maddened By Mystery... Read Full Overview

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