Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a collection of short stories written by Canadian author Stephen Leacock. First published in 1912, the book is a humorous and satirical portrayal of life in a fictional small town named Mariposa, based on Leacock's childhood experiences in the town of Orillia, Ontario. The stories are narrated by a character named John Smith, who is a resident of Mariposa and provides a witty commentary on the town's eccentric inhabitants and their daily lives. The book is divided into a series of interconnected sketches, each one focusing on a different character or event in the town. The stories are filled with colorful characters such as the pompous and self-important banker, the eccentric inventor, the hapless politician, and the lovable rogue. Through these characters, Leacock skewers the small-mindedness, pettiness, and hypocrisy of small-town life while also celebrating its charm and sense of community. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town has become a classic of Canadian literature and is widely regarded as one of Leacock's most enduring works. Its humorous and insightful portrayal of small-town life has resonated with readers for over a century, making it a beloved and timeless work of literature.In the city, people never read the newspapers, not really, only little bits and scraps of them. But in Mariposa it's different. There they read the whole thing from cover to cover, and they build up on it, in the course of years, a range of acquirement that would put a college president to the blush. Anybody who has ever heard Henry Mullins and Peter Glover talk about the future of China will know just what I mean.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.