Humor (Fiction)
Fables for the Frivolous
Read by Phil Chenevert
Guy Wetmore Carryl
Fables for the Frivolous is one of the earliest works by the American parodist Guy Wetmore Carryl. These fables are adapted from Jean de La …
Helen with the High Hand
Read by Simon Evers
Arnold Bennett
James Ollerenshaw is a middle-aged, wealthy bachelor who lives in Bursley, one of the Five Towns. A chance encounter with Helen, his great s…
The Wit and Humor of America
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the eighth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 author…
A Guest at the Ludlow
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Bill Nye
Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…
Ukridge
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P. G. Wodehouse
“Do not count your chickens before they are hatched” is a classic saying that might well have been remembered by Ukridge. Ukridge is always …
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Read by Jenn Broda
Anita Loos
In this comic novel written by American author Anita Loos, we follow the adventures of the fictional character Lorelei Lee who is a young bl…
Physiologie du jour de l'an
Read by Ezwa
Louis Couailhac
Premier de l'an, jour si triste pour les uns, si beau pour les autres, je vais essayer d'esquisser ta physionomie ; et je te traiterai aussi…
Jack and the Check Book
Read by Cate Barratt
John Kendrick Bangs
Bangs is in top form in his version of this small collection of timeless fairy tales. If you don't immediately recognize Jack and the Check …
Nonsense Novels
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
The Hunting of the Snark
Read by Shawn Craig Smith
Lewis Carroll
The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursu…
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Read by Bridget Gaige
Edward Eggleston
"Want to be a school-master, do you? You? Well, what would you do in Flat Crick deestrick, I'd like to know? Why, the boys have driv of…
The Wit and Humor of America
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H. G. Wells
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the third volume, 45 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors…
Five O'Clock Tea
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William Dean Howells
A light-hearted romantic comedy in twelve short scenes, set during a tea party in the home of Mrs. Amy Somers, a widow who is courted by the…
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
Read by David Wales
William John Locke
This 1912 collection of short stories is of lighthearted adventures of an irresponsible -- and irrepressible -- Frenchman in England and Par…
The Mirror Of Kong Ho
Read by David Wales
Ernest Bramah
This 1905 tongue-in-cheek book is ostensibly the letters of a dutiful son to his Chinese father describing his encounter with and experience…
The Witches of New York
Read by Guero
Q. K. Philander Doesticks
A humorous account of visits to various fortune tellers, card readers, seers, and other "witches" of New York. Written by Q.K. Phi…
That Pup
Read by David Wales
Ellis Parker Butler
A puppy, unannounced and unordered, arrives in a crate at Mr. Murchison's house. Humorous events follow. - Summary by david wales
Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir
Read by Aldor
Georges Courteline
Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir, de Georges Courteline, parut, pour la première fois, en feuilleton, dans l'Echo de Paris, au cours des a…
The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
Read by Expatriate
Henry Murger and Henri Murger
As much as any other work of literature, Henri Murger’s 1851 collection of witty sketches Scènes de la vie de bohème shaped th…
Literary Lapses
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than an…