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I really enjoyed this... it parodied a lot of the genre I like to read. I think my favorite bit is the one about the Russian girl; I rolled my eyes throughout! I think this will be more enjoyable to people who are well read and know enough about the genres imitated here to get most of the jokes. Really funny and Stephen Leacock was a teacher at McGill University (in Montreal, Quebec)!!!

jimenna's review against another edition

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2.0

çeşitli türleri ve klasik kitapların parodisini yapan 10 öykü var. bir yandan yüz sene önce böyle bir kitabın çıkmış olup da şu anda bile okunabildiğine şaşırdım, bir yandan da çok da iyi bir kitap olmadığını düşündüm. bazı yerlerde olayların absürtlüğünden bir gülme gelse de çok nadir eğlendim, bence espriler güzel değildi. ayrıca yazarın kadın hakları mücadelesini espri öğesi yapması ayrı trajik.

ampersunder's review against another edition

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4.0

"He thought of the forty years he had spent here on the homestead -- the rude, pioneer days -- the house he had built for himself, with its plain furniture, the old-fashioned spinning-wheel on which Anna had spun his trousers, the wooden telephone, and the rude skidway on which he ate his meals."

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4.0

Wonderful! Perhaps a little ridiculous at times, but an excellent parody of genre novels.

davidsteinsaltz's review

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4.0

Inspired parodies of genres that I didn't even recognise as genres. Some of Leacock's best.

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