Humor (Fiction)

The White Linen Nurse

by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Read by Nathalie J. 3.4
The White Linen Nurse is a hysterical story of an exhausted nurse who comes to regret her profession and then somehow finds herself caring f…

Birches

by Robert Frost Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Birches by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 21st, 2010.

What Dress Makes of Us

by Dorothy Quigley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
What Dress Makes of Us is a sharp and humorous exploration of women's fashion and its social implications, penned by Dorothy Quigley in 1897…

In Brief Authority

by F. Anstey Read by Anna Simon 4.4
Satiric comedy from 1915 about a nouveau riche British family and their nanny who get whisked off to Maerchenland ('the land of Fairy Tales'…

The Toys of Peace

by Saki Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Toys of Peace is a delightful collection of short stories by the master of wit, Saki (H.H. Munro). Published posthumously in 1923, this …

Chorus of Women

by Aristophanes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Chorus of Women by Aristophanes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 21, 2012.Aris…

The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson

by Anthony Trollope Read by Arnold 3.9
Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business…

The Roaring Girl

by Thomas Middleton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Roaring Girl is a rip-roaring Jacobean comedy co-written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker and first published in 1611. The play is …

The Pennycomequicks

by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by Michael Reuss 4.6
The Pennycomequicks is the charming and witty story of a dysfunctional English family in the late 19th century, scattered to the winds, scar…

The Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Originally compiled by Cervantes himself in 1613 as a collection of "exemplary" stories, this translated version from 1881 brings …

Marriage

by Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier Read by Patti Cunningham 4.4
"Love!--A word by superstition thought a God; by use turned to an humour; by self-will made a flattering madness." - Alexander and…

Stage Land

by Jerome K. Jerome Read by David Muncaster 4.5
Stage Land offers a humorous exploration of the eccentricities and peculiarities of theatrical life. Jerome K. Jerome invites listeners into…

The Wit and Humor of America

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The Wit and Humor of America invites listeners to explore a rich tapestry of American wit through a curated collection of short stories and …

Pomona's Travels

by Frank R. Stockton Read by Sibella Denton 4.7
Pomona and Jone of Rudder Grange fame travel to England and Scotland. Along the way, Pomona tangles with wild pigs, haymaking, hotels great …

Best Way to Read a Book

by Edgar A. Guest Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Best Way to Read a Book by Edgar A. Guest. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Septem…

Moods

by Louisa May Alcott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
"Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the wor…

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

by George Horace Lorimer Read by peac 4.9
In this witty epistolary novel, George Horace Lorimer presents a series of letters from John Graham, a shrewd and successful pork-packer in …

The Make-Believe Man

by Richard Harding Davis Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 4.5
Adventure was what our protagonist was looking for, when he boarded the steamer "Patience" for his holiday, and when one has a man…

The Cave On Thunder Cloud

by Mary Roberts Rinehart Read by VfkaBT 4.4
Tish Carberry reluctantly takes her two best friends, Aggie and Lizzie, on a camping trip into the hills of their Midwestern American town, …

The Bertrams

by Anthony Trollope Read by Arnold 4.5
This is a massive effort, taking place in England and the Middle East, with a cast of thousands... Well, not thousands, fortunately, but cer…

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