Moonbeams From The Larger Lunacy
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the master of absurdist wit who gave the world Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy presents a gloriously unhinged collection of comic sketches, parodies, and satirical essays that lampoon the social pretensions, literary fashions, and everyday follies of Edwardian life. Stephen Leacock, with his razor-sharp eye and deceptively light touch, turns the mundane into the magnificent — skewering everything from pompous intellectuals to the rituals of polite society — with a warmth that makes even his sharpest barbs feel like a knowing wink between friends. This collection stands as a testament to Leacock's position as one of the English-speaking world's preeminent humorists of the early twentieth century, a writer Mark Twain himself acknowledged as a peer. His prose moves with effortless precision — simultaneously erudite and accessible — chronicling the absurdities of modern civilisation with a philosopher's eye and a clown's heart. For readers who believe that laughter is the keenest form of criticism, this volume asks a quietly devastating question: if the world is this ridiculous, why are we the only ones laughing?
Author: Stephen Leacock
Format: Hardback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the master of absurdist wit who gave the world Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy presents a gloriously unhinged collection of comic sketches, parodies, and satirical essays that lampoon the social pretensions, literary fashions, and everyday follies of Edwardian life. Stephen Leacock, with his razor-sharp eye and deceptively light touch, turns the mundane into the magnificent — skewering everything from pompous intellectuals to the rituals of polite society — with a warmth that makes even his sharpest barbs feel like a knowing wink between friends. This collection stands as a testament to Leacock's position as one of the English-speaking world's preeminent humorists of the early twentieth century, a writer Mark Twain himself acknowledged as a peer. His prose moves with effortless precision — simultaneously erudite and accessible — chronicling the absurdities of modern civilisation with a philosopher's eye and a clown's heart. For readers who believe that laughter is the keenest form of criticism, this volume asks a quietly devastating question: if the world is this ridiculous, why are we the only ones laughing?