Humor (Fiction)
Grimm Tales Made Gay
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Guy Wetmore Carryl
A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each ending with a moral and full of puns. The titles of the tal…
Crome Yellow, Version 2
Read by Expatriate
Aldous Huxley
Fascinating and brilliant at many levels, Huxley's spoof of Lady Ottoline Morrell's famous bohemian gatherings is difficult to categorize. T…
A Prefect's Uncle
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P. G. Wodehouse
The action of the novel takes place at the fictional "Beckford College", a private school for boys; the title alludes to the arriv…
Flood Tide
Read by Roger Melin
Sara Ware Bassett
Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on …
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…
The Curious Quest
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A sweet, simple tale of how friendship and honesty triumph over money. The protagonist’s pun of a name—Ernest Bliss—foreshadows the plot in …
Kashtanka
Read by Grant Hurlock
Anton Chekhov
"Kashtanka," a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its…
Reginald
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Saki
Saki (December 18, 1870 - November 14, 1916) was the pen name of the British author Hector Hugh Munro. His witty, biting and occasionally od…
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
Read by Phil Chenevert
Mark Twain
Mark Twain wrote these two diaries, or rather as he insists, 'translated them from the original manuscripts', late in his writing career. T…
The Inspector-General
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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
The Governor and Officials of a small provincial town in Russia are worried. They have received word that a Government Inspector is on his w…
Brewster's Millions
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
George Barr Mccutcheon
The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend eve…
Snarleyyow
Read by Arnold
Frederick Marryat
This is a quite amusing nautical tale of the British Navy of the around the year 1700. While, as with much early 'humor', it is somewhat h…
Obras Clásicas españolas y extranjeras
Read by Victor Villarraza
Francisco De Quevedo
Esta recopilación se publicó en 1865 bajo el nombre de Obras clásicas y en ella se incluye: El marido engañado d…
Святочные рассказы
Read by Mark Chulsky
Nikolai Leskov
Николай Семёнович Лесков, русский писатель и публицист, из-за своих оригинальных и принципиальных взглядов был не принят по достоинству в ли…
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
Read by Kevin LaVergne
Mark Twain
"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story fol…
More Goops and How Not to Be Them
Read by Mark F. Smith
Frank Gelett Burgess
Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s c…
Miss Marjoribanks
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Margaret O. Oliphant
One of the so-called "Chronicles of Carlingford", of which there were two short stories and five novels written from 1861 to 1876 …
Fables in Slang
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
George Ade
While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables i…
Perfect Behavior
Read by Samanem
Donald Ogden Stewart
A humorous guide to manners and etiquette for ladies and gentlemen in a social "crises," published in 1922. (Introduction by Saman…
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This was the last story published by Twain, a few months before he died. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long co…