Author:Stephen Butler Leacock

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Stephen Butler Leacock
(1869–1944)

Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between 1910 and 1925, he was the most widely read English-speaking author in the world. Known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies
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Stephen Butler Leacock

Works

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Fiction

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Works from magazines

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  1. "'Cast Up By the Sea'"
  2. "'The Soul Call'"
  3. "'Dead Men's Gold'"
  4. "'The Greek Drama'"
  5. "Masterpieces of Other Nations"
  6. "'The Historical Drama'"

Non-fiction

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Biography

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  • Mark Twain, 1932
  • Charles Dickens: His Life and Work, 1933

Autobiography

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  • The Boy I Left Behind Me (1946)


Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1944, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 79 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days), and they were first published before 1989 without complying with U.S. copyright formalities (renewal and/or copyright notice) and they were in the public domain in their home country on the URAA date (January 1, 1996 for most countries).


This author died in 1944, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 79 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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