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Literary Lapses: A Book of Sketches

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Author(s):Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):None
Publisher(s): Gazette Printing Co., Ltd.
Year Published: 1910
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Canadian
Essays
Fiction - Short Story
Humorous
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 125
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0771091036
ISBN-13: 9780771091032
OCLC: 3621693

Description

This was the author’s first book of humorous sketches -- it starts right off with ‘My Financial Career’ -- one of his most often-anthologized pieces. Read online at archive.org.

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Other Editions

Literary Lapses: A Book of Sketches (1911)

This was a significantly enlarged edition with fourteen new sketches. Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: John Lane Co.
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