The Clockmaker; Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville - Couverture souple

Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 144444610X ISBN 13 : 9781444446104

Editeur : Aeterna, 2026

Synopsis

When a shrewd Yankee clock peddler rides through Nova Scotia, watches are not the only things he sets ticking. Samuel Slick of Slickville has an eye for weakness, a tongue sharpened by trade, and a store of sayings that turn every roadside meeting into a lesson in human nature. With his narrator beside him, Slick sells clocks, judges horses, studies politics, mocks pretension, and measures colonial society by the brisk, uncomfortable standards of American enterprise. Thomas Chandler Haliburton’s The Clockmaker is a landmark of early North American humour, blending travel sketch, comic anecdote, and social satire. Its chapters move through inns, farms, villages, courts, dinners, dances, and debates, where Slick’s quick wit exposes vanity, laziness, ambition, sentiment, and national pride on both sides of the border. He is outrageous, persuasive, prejudiced, practical, and unforgettable: a comic creation whose voice helped shape the tradition of Yankee storytelling. Lively, sharp, and historically revealing, this collection offers more than quaint entertainment. It captures a colonial world negotiating identity, commerce, manners, and power, while delivering jokes with bite and observations that still flash. For readers of classic satire and regional humour, Sam Slick remains a remarkable guide through lively and disputatious old roads indeed.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aeterna
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144444610X
• ISBN 13: 9781444446104
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 142
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible