Humor (Fiction)
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)
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 Black Poodle and Other Tales
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F. Anstey
This is a collection of ten humorous short stories (Summary by Carolin)
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…
Gevleugelde Daden
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Herman Heijermans, Jr.
Het boek Gevleugelde Daden van Herman Heijermans Jr. werd uitgegeven in 1911 (sommige bronnen zeggen 1908) onder het pseudoniem Samuel Falkl…
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 …
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…
Allerlei Gelehrte
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Hans Hoffmann
Humoresken von Hans Hoffmann. Im Anekdoten-ähnelnden Stil erzählt Hoffmann in diesem ruhigen Buch mit großer Menschenkenntni…
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…
Our Street
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Written as an autobiographical sketch of a Mr. M.A. Titmarsh, Our Street is a tongue-in-cheek look at English society and the characters who…
William The Conqueror
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Richmal Crompton
William is at it again. The world’s most chaos-creating and confident eleven year old boy. Thirteen more humorous stories in this 1926 col…
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…
Will Nobody Marry Me?
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George Pope Morris
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Will Nobody Marry Me? by George Pope Morris. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July…
Early Rising
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John Godfrey Saxe
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Early Rising by John Godfrey Saxe. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 31, 2…
Vice in its Proper Shape
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William James Mcglothlin
Or, The Wonderful and Melancholy Transformation of Several Naughty Masters and Misses Into Those Contemptible Animals Which They Most Resemb…
The Maker of Opportunities
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George Gibbs
When you're tired only because you're bored; and you're bored only because it seems like there's really nothing worth doing; and you're so, …