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Mon, Mar 8 2010

Mister Ron's Basement #1614

Our Monday novel serialization is Stephen Leacock's 1912 masterpiece, 'Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.' 

If you haven't yet, please do go back and start with Chapter One of this fabulous book! They're ALL worth listening to!

You'll find them in the Stephen Leacock Index below. 

Today we present Chapter Nine, wherein Bank Teller Peter Pupkin attempts to commit suicide four times in five weeks! It is called 'The Mariposa Bank Mystery.'


As always, your comments are welcome! Mail to:  revry@panix.com

 

Time: approx thirty-four minutes 

 

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John Kelly of The Washington Post has written a lively piece about the Basement. You can read it here. 

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