Humor (Fiction)
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…
The Tinted Venus
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
When a young newly engaged man finds himself bound for an amusement garden with an old flame, not his fiancee, it is not surprising that he …
The Hunting of the Snark (Version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Lewis Carroll
The Hunting of the Snark - "An Agony in 8 Fits" is typically categorized as a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll, the pen name…
Brazilian Tales
Read by Leni
Varioustranslated Byisaac Goldberg and Varioustranslated By Isaac Goldberg
"Brazilian Tales" is a collection of six short stories selected by Isaac Goldberg as best representative of the Brazilian Literatu…
Merton of the Movies
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Harry Leon Wilson
Merton of the Movies is a comedy that centers around Merton Gill, an aspiring dramatic artist from Simsbury, Illinois who makes his way to H…
The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes (Markham translation)
Read by Expatriate
Unknowntranslated Byclements Markham, Anonymoustranslated Byclements Markham, Anonymoustranslated By Clements Markham and William James McGlothlin
A whimsical collection of stories about a wandering street urchin, Lazarillo de Tormes is a classic of the Spanish Golden Age, even paid hom…
You are Old, Father William
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Lewis Carroll
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 different recordings of You are Old, Father William by Lewis Carroll. This was the weekly poetry project fo…
Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.
Read by James K. White
Washington Irving
The Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. (1824) is a compilation of eight humorous and observational letters written by American writer, Wash…
Cobb's Anatomy
Read by Carl Vonnoh, III
Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was born on June 23, 1876. At seventeen years of age, he began writing for the Paducah Daily News, his hometown paper…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 02
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Variousandmarshall Pinckney Wilder, H. G. Wells and Various And Marshall Pinckney Wilder
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the second volume, 44 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 author…
Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard. (Summary by David Wales)
The Dude Wrangler
Read by Bellona Times
Caroline Lockhart
Spoiled, handsome, 24 year old Easterner meets pretty, no-nonsense gal from Wyoming, is instantly smitten and does a sea-change to try and i…
J. Poindexter, Colored
Read by Grant Hurlock
Irvin S. Cobb
This comic novel relates the first-person adventures in New York City of Jefferson Poindexter, personal assistant to Cobb's famous Judge Pri…
The Compleat Bachelor
Read by David Wales
Oliver Onions
George Oliver Onions was a British writer of story collections and over 40 novels…. Onions wrote detective fiction, social comedy, historica…
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
Read by Kevin Green
Robert Smith Surtees
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour is a delightful comic satire of the fox-hunting fraternity of the mid 19th Century. Surtees takes great pleasure …
More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain" fills in the gaps left by the first collection of newspaper articles: "Newspaper Arti…
Bei Tische, Eine gastrosophische Novelle
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Otto Roquette
Es findet ein großes Diner statt im Hause des Kommerzienrates Rosenthal v. Muffelseck, und unter den geladenen Gästen befindet si…
Six Bad Husbands and Six Unhappy Wives
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This is a collection of six short stories, each of them illustrating that even a marriage which looks perfect from the outside can be sabota…
Smoke Bellew
Read by Jim Locke
Jack London
Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in …