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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- ARCADIAN ADVENTURES WITH THE IDLE RICH
- Contents
- Chapter One - A Little Dinner with Mr. Lucullus Fyshe
- Chapter Two - The Wizard of Finance
- Chapter Three - The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr. Tomlinson
- Chapter Four - The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown
- Chapter Five - The Love Story of Mr. Peter Spillikins
- Chapter Six - The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph
- Chapter Seven - The Ministrations of the Rev. Uttermust Dumfarthing
- Chapter Eight - The Great Fight for Clean Government