Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers.
Last time, the town tried another fundraising effort for the church - insurance and a fire. It worked. The debt is paid, a new church in place, and the Dean has retired peacefully to reading Greek in his garden. Next we will read about young Pupkin, from the bank.
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And finally, here’s a link to my readings last year of A Christmas Carol, by Dickens.
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