Humor (Fiction)
Shakspere: Personal Recollections
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John A. Joyce
A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling…
Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms
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Heywood Broun
This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, suc…
Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie
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Thomas Lodge
This novel, which Shakespeare adapted in his pastoral comedy As You Like It, is the archetypal pastoral adventure. Two young persons of high…
Behind the Beyond
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Stephen Leacock
A collection containing a parody on Problem Plays, as well as humorous anecdotes from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia…
The Talking Horse And Other Stories
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F. Anstey
A collection of short stories by famed humorist and Punch magazine staff member, F. Anstey, pseudonym for Thomas Anstey Guthrie. They range …
Charley's Aunt
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Brandon Thomas
The girlfriends are coming to visit the chaps at college, but of course they can't stay unless there is a proper chaperone. So what could be…
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3)
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Stephen Leacock
Widely considered a classic of Canadian humorous literature, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town tells stories set in the fictional town of M…
No. 17 (Number Seventeen)
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J. Jefferson Farjeon
A thriller about a down-and-out sailor finding his way in London. The book followed a successful play that was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, …
Something Childish, but very Natural
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Something Childish, but very Natural by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This was the Weekly Poetry p…
The College Freshman's Don't Book
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George Fullerton Evans
A short, humorous guide of what not to do in your first year of college. (Summary by Jill Engle)
The Black Poodle and Other Tales
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F. Anstey
This is a collection of ten humorous short stories (Summary by Carolin)
Love in a Cottage
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Love in a Cottage by Nathaniel Parker Willis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Oct…
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
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Sir Walter Raleigh
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry proj…
Bealby; A Holiday
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H. G. Wells
Bealby is the comical story of the escapade of a thirteen-year-old boy when he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the g…
The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibil…
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Stephen Leacock
More stories by Canadian Stephen Leacock. Some of these stories carry over characters introduced in Further Foolishness. Some stories are hu…
There is a Tavern in the Town
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James Stephens
The soul of Irish wit is captured in this unique tale of a barstool philosopher, the concluding story from 'Here Are Ladies' by James Stephe…
How to Make a Man of Consequence
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Mark Lemon
Mark Lemon had a natural talent for journalism and the stage, and, at twenty-six, retired from less congenial business to devote himself to …
Perkins of Portland
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Ellis Parker Butler
Amusing tales showing the effectiveness of advertising some rather questionable products. Perkins and the narrator partner in promotions dir…
The Human Boy Again
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Eden Phillpotts
Published in 1908, this is a further collection of twelve humorous short stories about English school boys. The author wrote two other book…
Humour of the North
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Variousandlawrence J. Burpee and Various And Lawrence J. Burpee
Some day an enterprising editor may find time to glean from the whole field of Canadian literature a representative collection of wit and hu…