Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is Mariposa, a small town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti. Although drawn from his experiences in Orillia, Ontario, Leacock writes in the introduction: "Mariposa is not a real town. On the contrary, it is about seventy or eighty of them. You may find them all the way from Lake Superior to the sea, with the same square streets and the same maple trees and the same churches and hotels."y of the characters, though modelled on townspeople of Orillia, are small town archetypes. Their shortcomings and weaknesses are presented in a humorous but affectionate way. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Genre(s): Humorous Fiction
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | 00 - Preface | Dave Ranson |
00:08:38 |
| Play 01 | 01 - The Hostelry of Mr. Smith | Dave Ranson |
00:41:48 |
| Play 02 | 02 - The Speculations of Jefferson Thorpe | Dave Ranson |
00:28:11 |
| Play 03 | 03 - The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias | Dave Ranson |
00:34:16 |
| Play 04 | 04 - The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Drone | Sibella Denton |
00:29:28 |
| Play 05 | 05 - The Whirlwind Campaign in Mariposa | Sibella Denton |
00:14:40 |
| Play 06 | 06 - The Beacon on the Hill | Bridget Gaige |
00:18:33 |
| Play 07 | 07 - The Extraordinary Entanglement of Mr. Pupkin | Bridget Gaige |
00:21:02 |
| Play 08 | 08 - The Fore-ordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin | Bob Sherman |
00:27:21 |
| Play 09 | 09 - The Mariposa Bank Mystery | Bob Sherman |
00:33:41 |
| Play 10 | 10 - The Great Election in Missinaba County | Sibella Denton |
00:20:57 |
| Play 11 | 11 - The Candidacy of Mr. Smith | Sibella Denton |
00:26:18 |
| Play 12 | 12 - L'Envoi: The Train to Mariposa | Sibella Denton |
00:11:49 |