{"product_id":"2026200015495-secondhand-my-discovery-of-england","title":"My Discovery Of England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Binding loose with some wear at FEP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the wry eye of a seasoned satirist and the bemused wonder of a colonial abroad, Stephen Leacock chronicles his celebrated 1921 lecture tour of Britain in My Discovery of England — a riotous collection of essays that skewers English customs, institutions, and national quirks with affectionate but razor-sharp wit. From the baffling rituals of parliamentary democracy to the peculiarities of British hospitality, Leacock presents a comic travelogue that is as incisive as it is laugh-out-loud funny, casting a transatlantic gaze on a civilization simultaneously grand and gloriously absurd.\n\nLeacock, already one of the most widely read humorists in the English-speaking world by the early 1920s, writes in a voice that is warm yet merciless, drawing on his background as a political economist to give his comedy an unexpectedly sharp intellectual edge. My Discovery of England stands as a landmark of North American humour writing, illustrating how laughter can serve as a vehicle for genuine social commentary — and leaving the reader to wonder whether England was ever quite the same after Leacock got his hands on it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203212484827,"sku":"2026200015495-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d0c45c08-1b44-43db-8e14-32b054c09693.png?v=1788145904","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015495-secondhand-my-discovery-of-england","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}