The Best American Humorous Short Stories

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This anthology gathers eighteen American humorous short stories published between 1839 and 1914, bringing together work by both well-known writers and lesser-known authors.

Spanning more than seven decades, the collection offers a range of comic voices and situations rather than a single continuous story. Its historical breadth makes it a snapshot of how American humor changed across the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth.

Edited by Alexander Jessup, the volume was originally accompanied by an extensive introduction, which is omitted from this audiobook edition. Listeners can go straight to the stories themselves, each a self-contained entry in the collection.

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The Little Frenchman And His Water Lots 14:38 Read by David Wales
The Angel Of The Odd 27:19 Read by David Wales
The Schoolmaster's Progress 40:35 Read by David Wales
The Watkinson Evening 43:22 Read by David Wales
Titbottom's Spectacles 1:02:35 Read by David Wales
My Double; And How He Undid Me 48:48 Read by David Wales
A Visit To The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Punsters 17:22 Read by David Wales
The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County 16:10 Read by David Wales
Elder Brown's Backslide 45:02 Read by David Wales
The Hotel Experience Of Mr. Pink Fluker 30:19 Read by David Wales
The Nice People 22:25 Read by David Wales
The Buller-Podington Compact 43:33 Read by David Wales
Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 1 37:33 Read by David Wales
Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 2 37:42 Read by David Wales
The Duplicity Of Hargraves 34:25 Read by David Wales
Bargain Day At Tutt House 54:46 Read by David Wales
A Call 34:09 Read by David Wales
How The Widow Won The Deacon 17:59 Read by David Wales
Gideon 44:49 Read by David Wales