Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3), credited to Stephen Leacock, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3) by Stephen Leacock. Read in English by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle. Widely considered a classic of Canadian humorous literature, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town tells stories set in the fictional town of Mariposa. The author Stephen Leacock most certainly based the stories on experience at his summer home in Orillia, Ontario. (Summary by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3)
• Author credits: Stephen Leacock
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 6:10:10

Catalogue topics

• humor
• humour
• Canada
• leacock
• Canadian
• mariposa
• orilia

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 10:11
2. 01 - The Hostelry of Mr. Smith — 51:49
3. 02 - The Speculations of Jefferson Thorpe — 35:50
4. 03 - The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias — 41:38
5. 04 - The Ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Drone — 34:37
6. 05 - The Whirlwind Campaign in Mariposa — 17:32
7. 06 - The Beacon on the Hill — 22:16
8. 07 - The Extraordinary Entanglement of Mr. Pupkin — 24:49
9. 08 - The Fore-ordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin — 28:11
10. 09 - The Mariposa Bank Mystery — 34:47
11. 10 - The Great Election in Missinaba County — 24:43
12. 11 - The Candidacy of Mr. Smith — 30:18
13. 12 - L'Envoi: The Train to Mariposa — 13:29

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