Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
- Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follow-up to his 1912 classic "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town". Like that work, it is a sequence of interlocking stories set in one town, but instead of focusing on a small Canadian town in the countryside, it is set in a major American metropolis and its characters are the upper crust of society.
Although currently not as well-known as the earlier book, "Arcadian Adventures" was extremely popular in North America at the time of its publication and for a while was considered the greater success. [McMillan, Eric. [http://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/books/Arcadian.html The rich are not as funny as you and I] . Accessed on: 19-05-2008] It was also translated and published by the Bolshevik government soon after the 1917 revolution and it became a bestseller in the Soviet Union. [ [http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article/85452633-stephen-leacock-and-the-left Stephen Leacock And The Left] . Accessed on: 19-05-2008] [Glavin, Terry. [http://www.straight.com/node/11745 Stephen Harper is no Tory] . February 2, 2006. Accessed on: 19-05-2008]
The fourth story in the book features a character that caricatures the religious leader `Abdu'l-Bahá, who visited Leacock's resident city of Montreal in 1912. [Wagner, Ralph D. [http://bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=leacock_yahi_bahi_society&language= Yahi-Bahi Society of Mrs. Resselyer-Brown, The] . Accessed on: 19-05-2008]
tories
# A Little Dinner with Mr. Lucullus Fyshe
# The Wizard of Finance
# The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr. Tomlinson
# The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown
# The Love Story of Mr. Peter Spillikins
# The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph
# The Ministrations of the Rev. Uttermust Dumfarthing
# The Great Fight for Clean Government
ee also
*Canadian humour
References
External links
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