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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) (6 hr 46 min)

Chapters

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