The cover page is adapted from Mr. Smith, a painting completed in 1912 by Cyrus Cuneo. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Cuneowww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
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- Preface 0:00
- I: The Hostelry of Mr. Smith 9:41
- II: The Speculations of Jefferson Thorpe 1:01:04
- III: The Marine Excursions of the Knights of Pythias 1:36:22
- IV: The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Drone 2:19:14
- V: The Whirlwind Campaign in Mariposa 2:53:42
- VI: The Beacon on the Hill 3:10:35
- VII: The Extraordinary Entanglement of Mr. Pupkin 3:32:48
- VIII: The Foreordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin 3:57:19
- IX: The Mariposa Bank Mystery 4:25:37
- X: The Great Election in Missinaba County 4:59:40
- XI: The Candidacy of Mr. Smith 5:23:58
- XII: L’Envoi. The Train to Mariposa 5:54:45
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is Stephen Leacock’s humourous and affectionate account of small-town life in the fictional town of Mariposa. Written in 1912, it is drawn from his experiences living in Orillia, Ontario.
The book is a series of funny and satirical anecdotes that illustrate the inner workings of life in Mariposa—from business to politics to steamboat disasters. The town is populated by many archetypal characters including the shrewd businessman Mr. Smith, the lovelorn bank teller Mr. Pupkin, and the mathematically challenged Rev. Mr. Drone.
During his lifetime, Stephen Leacock was very popular in much of the English-speaking world as a writer and humourist. Sunshine Sketches is considered one of his most notable and enduring works. In Canada, the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour is named in his honour. The medal is an annual award for the best Canadian book of literary humour published in the previous year.