How to Live to be 200

Author: Stephen Leacock

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How to Live to be 200

Languages: English, RU, Chinese, Japanese, KO, German, Italian, French, Spanish

Genre: Essay, Satire, Short story

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A scornful prescription for long life: skip the cold baths, befriend the bacilli, eat and drink as you please.

Characters

  • The narrator — Anti-health-fad advocate: Writer who mocks the health mania and prescribes cheerful indulgence.
  • Jiggins — Health faddist: Exercise-obsessed man who dumb-belled himself into an early grave.