Humor (Fiction)
The Proposal
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Anton Chekhov
The Proposal is a one act comic farce by Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's Russia, marriage was a means of economic stability for most people. The…
Tartarin de Tarascon
Read by Ezwa
Alphonse Daudet
Qui n'a jamais entendu parler de Tartarin de Tarascon, le grand Tartarin, héros de Tarascon, chef des chasseurs de casquettes ?Alphon…
La Contessa di Karolystria
Read by Riccardo Fasol
Antonio Ghislanzoni
Antonio Ghislanzoni, nato a Barco di Maggianico (Lecco) il 25 novembre 1824, è meglio noto come autore di numerosissimi libretti per …
Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, a comedy of manners and marriage, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. In this dramatic adaption by Mary Keith M…
Aventures d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles
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Lewis Carroll
"Alice au Pays des Merveilles," publié originellement par Lewis Carroll en 1865 comme "Alice's Adventures in Wonderlan…
The Awful German Language
Read by Kirsten Wever
Mark Twain
This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, compl…
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
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Oskar Panizza
Auf einem Nürnberger Jahrmarkt wird in einem Wachsfigurenkabinett mit beweglichen mechanischen Figuren das »Leiden und Sterben un…
Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…
The Importance of Being Earnest
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Oscar Wilde
In Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, the lives of two young men, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, intertwine in a web of m…
Aphorisms
Read by Carl Manchester
Oscar Wilde
In Aphorisms, Oscar Wilde presents a collection of sharp, insightful observations that blend humor with profound wisdom. Originally publishe…
Tish
Read by Sandra Cullum
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Tish introduces listeners to the delightful escapades of three spirited middle-aged women, led by the indomitable Letitia Carberry. Set agai…
The Pickwick Papers
Read by Debra Lynn
Charles Dickens
A sportsman who doesn't hunt; a poet who doesn't write; a lover with no one to love; all three are devoted to their cheerful and benevolent …
The Princess
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Princess is a serio-comic blank verse narrative poem, written by Alfred Tennyson, published in 1847. The poem tells the story of an hero…
Penrod
Read by Jonathan Burchard
Booth Tarkington
Join Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke, in a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis, chronicling his life, loves, a…
Kasperl in der Türkei
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Franz Graf Von Pocci
Franz Graf von Pocci, der „Kasperlgraf“ verfasste mehr als 40 Kasperlstücke für das Marionettentheater mit Themen aus der Mär…
How to Tell a Story
Read by Claudia Salto
Mark Twain
In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, an…
Three Men in a Boat
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Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Th…
Helen's Babies
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
John Habberton
In this hilarious novel, Harry Burton, a bachelor white-goods salesman, goes to take care of his sister Helen's two little boys for ten days…
Die drei gerechten Kammmacher
Read by Karlsson
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Kellers Novelle "Die drei gerechten Kammmacher" (diese Schreibweise wurde in der Erstausgabe 1856 verwendet und gilt nac…
The Coming of Bill
Read by Don W. Jenkins
P. G. Wodehouse
The Coming of Bill is a humorous exploration of family life through the eyes of Kirk Winfield, a man navigating the ups and downs of marriag…