Humor (Fiction)
Cheese Curd for Bait
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James Mcintyre
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Cheese Curd for Bait by James McIntyre. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 23, …
The Australaise
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C. J. Dennis
LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of The Austra--laise by C.J.Dennis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 13, 2013.…
This Simian World
Read by Epistomolus
Clarence Day
Clarence Day, Jr., best known for his work Life with Father, presents a satirical speculation on how the world might be different if we apes…
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers Vol. 1
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Robert Henry Newell
These are a collection of humorous "letters" written by a fictional character to a relation in the north during the Civil War. The…
Merry Autumn
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Merry Autumn by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 10t…
The Best Nonsense Verses
Read by Grace Buchanan
Josephine Daskam Bacon
From Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky to limericks written by Anonymous, some of the crankiest, most logical and lyrical people turn common sense…
Herrn Mahlhubers Reiseabenteuer
Read by Claus Misfeldt
Friedrich Gerstäcker
Hauptperson der Geschichte ist der etwas hypochondrisch veranlagte Kommerzienrat Mahlhuber. Mahlhuber macht sich seit längerem Sorgen &…
The Poet's Forge
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Helen Hunt Jackson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Poet's Forge by Helen Hunt Jackson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November …
Don Quixote (Complete, Ormsby Translation)
Read by Peter Dann
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
It is a curious paradox that while the two volumes of Don Quixote have been described as the "best novel of all time" and the &quo…
The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess
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Sir John Carr
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Parody on "The Golden Days of good Queen Bess" by Sir John Carr. This was the Fortni…
Catherine: A Story
Read by Mark Leder
William Makepeace Thackeray
The wild and raw adventures of Catherine Hayes, who was burned for murder at Tyburn in 1742 - Summary by Mark Leder
Jyl of Breyntfords Testament
Read by Grant Hurlock
Robert Copland
Introduction - This is a collection of ten comic pieces from the 16th century and earlier, as compiled and edited by Frederick Furnivall for…
O Hollow Hollow Hollow
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W. S. Gilbert
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of O Hollow Hollow Hollow by W.S. Gilbert. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 8, 201…
At the End of the Feast
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William James Mcglothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of At the End of the Feast by Anonymous.A traditional English Christmas Carol, first published in…
Abe and Mawruss: Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter
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Montague Glass
Montague Glass was a lawyer who eventually abandoned the practice of law to write full time. He wrote a series of stories in the New York Po…
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol 1, No. 11, August, 1920
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W. H. Fawcett
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was pack…
Snowshoeing Song
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Arthur Weir
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Snowshoeing Song by Arthur Weir. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 31, 2011.Sno…
De Klok van Meester Humphrey
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
Enkele korte verhalen uit het weekblad 'De klok van meester Humphrey'. In dit blad zijn 'Nelly' en 'Barnaby Rudge' gepubliceerd. 'Schetsen v…
The Sunny Side (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne is best known for his creation of the perennially popular Winnie the Pooh, though he was and is highly acclaimed for hundreds of…
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
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Anne Warner
Young scapegrace John Watkins, Jr., Denham ("Jack"), the favourite of his great-aunt Mary, has gotten into one too many scrapes. T…