Bedtime Stories: How to Live to Be 200 by Stephen Leacock
This bedtime story by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock is gently humourous and softly spoken, to help you smile before you drift off. Leacock was an influence on Jack Benny and Groucho Marx (google them, young ones) and is beloved in Canada. I'll be adding more 'gentle humour' bedtime stories in the future, I hope you enjoy!
Other audios in Bedtime Stories
- Bedtime Stories: The Gift of the Magi
- Bedtime Stories: The Diamond Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
- Bedtime Stories: How to Live to Be 200 by Stephen Leacock ←
- Bedtime Stories: Hercule Poirot and the Missing Will by Agatha Christie
- Bedtime Stories: The Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie
- Bedtime Stories: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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A Eve on 2021-06-28 21:08:39 (UTC)
Well I'm happy to be the one to introduce you to this gem. I remember reading one of his stories in a high school class, with the book hidden in my text book, and I burst out laughing at one point over something he'd written, right at the most sombre part of the class. I was a troublemaker even then!
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CharlieRomeoLima on 2021-06-16 07:32:56 (UTC)
I've lived in this country all my life and yet I've never heard of Stephen Leacock. But thanks to you, I have now! I liked his message in this story of his, about the importance of enjoying life over maximizing the span of years for its own sake through dubious health practices. These health fads bring to mind the ironic follies of people throughout history, from ancient Chinese rulers drinking mercury-containing immortality elixirs to the consumption of medicinal pulverized Egyptian mummies, all the way up to radium-laced water tonics in the not-too-distant past (certainly within Leacock's own lifetime).
A quick Google of Stephen Leacock reveals he was born in England and lived primarily in Toronto, but he toured the country & even visited my city in the 30's, of which he had a favourable opinion. Thanks for this little bit of midnight relaxation, Eve!