Spoof - Chapter 1

Spoof
A Thousand-Guinea Novel

by Stephen Leacock

Presented by The Online Stage.

While by today's standards this satirical novella can hardly be considered salacious its quiet humour has not lost its charm.

In the words of the author:
This novel represents the last word in up-to-date fiction. It is well known that the modern novel has got far beyond the point of mere story-telling. The childish attempt to INTEREST the reader has long since been abandoned by all the best writers. They refuse to do it. The modern novel must convey a message, or else it must paint a picture, or remove a veil, or open a new chapter in human psychology. Otherwise it is no good. SPOOF does all of these things. The reader rises from its perusal perplexed, troubled, and yet so filled with information that rising itself is a difficulty.

Presented by The Online Stage.

Cast
Narrator - Sarah Bacaller
Vere de Lancy - Tyler Hyrchuk
Dorothea Overgold - Anna Grace
J.Superman Overgold - Ron Altman

Text prepared by Denis Daly.

Audio edited by Denis Daly.

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