Humor (Fiction)
The White Linen Nurse
Read by MaryAnn
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Throughout three years of school, Rae Malgregor had been perfectly pliant, perfectly compliant to all the demands placed on her. But now, o…
Officer 666
Read by Roger Melin
Barton Wood Currie
Bored with his life as a wealthy businessman's only son, Travers Gladwin learns of a plot by a renowned art burglar to rob his house, so rat…
The Europeans
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Henry James
The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitud…
Mark Twain's Journal Writings
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This second collection of essays by Mark Twain is a good example of the diversity of subject matter about which he wrote. As with the essays…
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
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Elizabeth Von Arnim
The Princess Priscilla of Lothen Kunitz finds court life stifling and runs away to England with the elderly court librarian. Her intention i…
Cape Cod Stories
Read by David Wales
Joseph Crosby Lincoln
This book (eleven short stories) was also published under the title of “The Old Home House”. Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944) was an Amer…
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion captures the whimsical spirit of Mark Twain as he recounts a journey to Bermuda with friends. This …
The New Swiss Family Robinson
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
The New Swiss Family Robinson is a humorous take on the classic adventure story, crafted by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon. This parody…
Humorous Ghost Stories
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Dorothy Scarborough
Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough -- The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde -- The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess -- …
Love's Shadow
Read by Helen Taylor
Ada Leverson
The first in a trilogy of books known together as 'The Little Ottleys', this is a sparkling social comedy set in Edwardian London. Ada Lever…
A House-Boat on the Styx
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John Kendrick Bangs
The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died (up until the time in which the book is set, which seems to be about the time of …
Brain Twister
Read by Catharine Eastman
Laurence M. Janifer
"Mark Phillips" is, or are, two writers: Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer. Their joint pen-name, derived from their middle …
Penrod and Sam
Read by Jonathan Burchard
Booth Tarkington
Penrod and Sam continues the delightful adventures of Penrod Schofield, a spirited young boy navigating the ups and downs of childhood in ea…
The Stolen White Elephant
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1882. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Bri…
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
Read by Martin Geeson
Laurence Sterne
After the bizarre textual antics of "Tristram Shandy", this book would seem to require a literary health warning. Sure enough, it …
More Tish
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
More Tish continues the delightful adventures of Letitia "Tish" Carberry, an elderly woman with a penchant for mischief and a knac…
Short Humor Collection
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P. G. Wodehouse
Step into the whimsical world of P. G. Wodehouse with this delightful collection of short humorous stories. Known for his sharp wit and clev…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
In order to escape his cruel father, and led by a thirst for adventure, Huck Finn sets off down the Mississippi River with Jim, an escaped s…
Eve’s Diary
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the 1905 Christmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in…
The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus
Read by Phil Chenevert
Joel Chandler Harris
26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904…