Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" is a humorous fiction work by Stephen Leacock, published in 1914. It serves as a sequel to his earlier book, "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town," but shifts its focus from a small Canadian town to the upper echelons of society in a major American metropolis. The book consists of interlocking stories that explore the lives of the wealthy and was notably popular in North America upon release, even becoming a bestseller in the Soviet Union after being translated by the Bolshevik government post-1917 revolution.