Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Literary Lapses is a sparkling collection of comic sketches and short pieces by Stephen Leacock, one of the great humorists of the early twentieth century. Rather than following a single hero, the book introduces a lively parade of professors, office workers, social climbers, lovers, businessmen, doctors, and other respectable people whose everyday plans collapse into nonsense. With a light touch and a sharp eye, Leacock turns ordinary situations - writing letters, managing money, going to school, falling in love, giving speeches, or trying to appear important - into scenes of escalating absurdity. Beneath the wit, he gently mocks vanity, bureaucracy, bad logic, and the gap between how people see themselves and how foolish they can appear to everyone else. The result is both playful and surprisingly insightful, capturing the rituals and pretensions of modern life in a way that still feels fresh. Full of clever exaggeration, wordplay, and social satire, Literary Lapses is ideal for listeners who enjoy classic humor that is elegant, observant, and consistently entertaining.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:06:04) Chapter 02

(00:19:51) Chapter 03

(00:22:12) Chapter 04

(00:28:26) Chapter 05

(00:31:05) Chapter 06

(00:40:01) Chapter 07

(00:47:51) Chapter 08

(00:55:14) Chapter 09

(01:04:25) Chapter 10

(01:07:20) Chapter 11

(01:15:48) Chapter 12

(01:18:13) Chapter 13

(01:21:15) Chapter 14

(01:30:40) Chapter 15

(01:37:58) Chapter 16

(01:40:49) Chapter 17

(01:49:26) Chapter 18

(02:04:14) Chapter 19

(02:09:03) Chapter 20

(02:14:06) Chapter 21

(02:19:57) Chapter 22

(02:25:04) Chapter 23

(02:31:53) Chapter 24

(02:40:31) Chapter 25

(02:46:35) Chapter 26

(02:53:30) Chapter 27

(02:56:56) Chapter 28

(03:00:07) Chapter 29

(03:08:02) Chapter 30

(03:10:49) Chapter 31

(03:14:41) Chapter 32

(03:26:58) Chapter 33

(03:39:11) Chapter 34

(03:45:55) Chapter 35

(03:49:09) Chapter 36

(04:00:12) Chapter 37

(04:04:38) Chapter 38

(04:11:22) Chapter 39

(04:27:06) Chapter 40

(04:38:41) Chapter 41

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