Humor (Fiction)
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Written for the Atlantic magazine in 1877, this is a collection of stories about a trip Mark Twain made with some friends to Bermuda. (Summa…
The New Swiss Family Robinson
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
A parody of its famous predecessor, this short piece was written by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon (Summary by David Wales)
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 -- …
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…
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 …
The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2)
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…
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…
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…
Penrod and Sam
Read by Jonathan Burchard
Booth Tarkington
Follow more of the hilarious life of the boy Penrod Schofield, his friends Sam Williams, Herman, Verman, Georgie, Maurice, and the love of h…
More Tish
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart wrote 6 books about the elderly Letitia (Tish) Carberry and the escapades she gets her elderly lady cronies into. The…
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 …
Eve’s Diary (version 2)
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…
Short Humor Collection 001
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P. G. Wodehouse
This is a collection of short humorous works first published before 1923. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Dramatic Reading)
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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…
A Gentleman of Leisure
Read by Mark Nelson
P. G. Wodehouse
A wealthy, love-sick bachelor, crooks, and card-sharps ensconced in an English castle make for a classic Wodehousian comedy of star-crossed …
The Calico Cat (version 2)
Read by Mark F. Smith
Charles Miner Thompson
The consequences of letting your irritation get the better of you are humorously portrayed in this story of a self-important man who fires a…
Just William (version 2)
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Richmal Crompton
Just William is the first book of hilarious short stories about 11-year-old William Brown -- eternally scruffy and frowning. William's famil…
Buttered Side Down
Read by Xe Sands
Edna Ferber
"And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after."Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, a…