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Stephen Leacock
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Canadian writer and economist (1869–1944)

Also known as: Stephen Butler Leacock, Стивен Батлер Ликок, ستيفن ليكوك, 스티븐 리콕, スティーヴン・リーコック, 李科克

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Known works

  • Sunshine sketches of a little town (1967)
  • Detective stories
  • Arcadian adventures with the idle rich
  • Nonsense novels
  • My discovery of England