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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich (1914)

by Stephen Leacock

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Humorist Stephen Leacock was known for targeting the excesses of the aristocratic class in his lighthearted satire. This tendency is on full display in Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, a series of stories and vignettes that mock the pomp, pretensions and silly customs of the upper classes.

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Satirical short story collection about the lives of the American upper class. I enjoyed this one. I think my favorite story was about a pretend guru who gathers bored rich women to learn his “oriental” wisdom and then makes off with their jewelry. Or maybe it was the one about the great financial genius who turns out to be a country man who knows nothing and just struck it rich by accident and just wishes he could get back to his old home. ( )
  jollyavis | Dec 14, 2021 |
Arcadian Adventures does for the big city what Sunshine Sketches does for little towns. The leafy, opulent Plutoria Avenue is the focus of these eight stories chronicling the exploits of the city’s wealthy and influential. The book was first published in 1914 and, while the city may be taken to be an American one, the model of the main drag and the university is most likely Montreal. I particularly liked the story of Mr. Tomlinson and his fortune, while the story of the rival churches St. Asaph’s and St. Osoph’s strangely had me wishing to read more on Presbyterianism. The satire still feels relevant today, although some details might change, such as the trends and fads embarked upon by the ladies in Mrs. Rasselry-Brown’s posse. I would still recommend Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town to a first-time Leacock reader, but this one is worth tracking down next. ( )
  rabbitprincess | Mar 11, 2018 |
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Classic Literature. Fiction. Short Stories. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:

Humorist Stephen Leacock was known for targeting the excesses of the aristocratic class in his lighthearted satire. This tendency is on full display in Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, a series of stories and vignettes that mock the pomp, pretensions and silly customs of the upper classes.

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