Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich


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"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follow-up to his 1912 classic "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town." Like that work, it is a sequence of interlocking stories set in one town, but instead of focusing on a small Canadian town in the countryside, it is set in a major American metropolis and its characters are the upper crust of society.

Although currently not as well-known as the earlier book, "Arcadian Adventures" was extremely popular in North America at the time of its publication and for a while was considered the greater success. It was also translated and published by the Bolshevik government soon after the 1917 revolution and it became a bestseller in the Soviet Union. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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01 - A Little Dinner with Mr. Lucullus Fyshe pt 1 24:06 Read by Linda Lee Paquet
02 - A Little Dinner with Mr. Lucullus Fyshe pt 2 32:56 Read by Linda Lee Paquet
03 - The Wizard of Finance 38:17 Read by Joelle Peebles
04 - The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr. Tomlinson pt 1 24:18 Read by Joelle Peebles
05 - The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr. Tomlinson pt 2 22:51 Read by Joelle Peebles
06 - The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown pt 1 26:04 Read by Joelle Peebles
07 - The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown pt 2 29:35 Read by Joelle Peebles
08 - The Love Story of Mr. Peter Spillikins pt 1 25:56 Read by Linda Ferguson
09 - The Love Story of Mr. Peter Spillikins pt 2 28:56 Read by Linda Ferguson
10 - The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph pt 1 24:58 Read by Linda Lee Paquet
11 - The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph pt 2 27:20 Read by Linda Lee Paquet
12 - The Ministrations of the Rev. Uttermust Dumfarthing pt 1 23:01 Read by Patti Cunningham
13 - The Ministrations of the Rev. Uttermust Dumfarthing pt 2 29:00 Read by Patti Cunningham
14 - The Great Fight for Clean Government pt 1 23:59 Read by Kate Adams
15 - The Great Fight for Clean Government pt 2 25:28 Read by Kate Adams