Condition:
Stephen Leacock Gertrude The Governess read by Christopher Plummer
Sealed but open slight warp but plays fine
Record is mint
Plummer
Caedmon TC 1559
Early in his career Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines in Canada and the United States and later in novel form became extremely popular around the world. It was said in 1911 that more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than had heard of Canada. Also, between the years 1910 and 1925, Leacock was the single most widely read English speaking author throughout the world.
During the summer months, he lived at Old Brewery Bay in Orillia, across Lake Simcoe from where he was raised and also bordering Lake Couchiching. The cottage is now a museum and National Historic Site, and he also let a small farm. Gossip provided by the local barber, Jefferson Short, provided Leacock with the material which would become Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912), set in the thinly-disguised Mariposa.
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