Humor (Fiction)
R. Holmes and Co.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Raffles Holmes is introduced in these stories as the son of the great Sherlock Holmes. He is also revealed to be the grandson of A.J. Raffle…
The Inventions of the Idiot (dramatic reading)
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John Kendrick Bangs
"It was before the Idiot's marriage, and in the days when he was nothing more than a plain boarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog's High-clas…
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne) - Version 2
Read by Michael Armenta
Omar Khayyám
One of the greatest works of poetry in history, this lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet on subjects such as life…
Contos, volume 3
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Artur de Azevedo
Artur Azevedo foi um dos principais autores de teatro no Brasil do século XIX. Dando continuidade à obra de Martins Pena, cons…
The Paying Guest (version 2 dramatic reading)
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George Gissing
Clarence and Emmeline Mumford are in for a real treat when they take in the young, outspoken Miss Louise Derrick as their guest. Shedding a …
The Chaucer Storybook
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Geoffrey Chaucer and Eva March Tappan
Geoffrey Chaucer's classic "Canterbury Tales" has here been rendered into clear and contemporary English prose. These classic stor…
A Ballade of Suicide
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G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of A Ballade of Suicide by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 20,…
Diccionario Filosófico del Amor y las Mujeres
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Teodoro Guerrero Pallarés
El presente libro es un diccionario que tiene como finalidad enseñar a los varones a entender a las mujeres, una obra pequeña …
Christmas Comes but Once a Year
Read by Ruth Golding
John Leighton
A Christmas tale of John Brown's ghastly family (suburban snobs), Captain Bonaventure de Camp and his equally awful brood (a dubious crew), …
The Doctor's Dilemma
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George Bernard Shaw
The Doctor's Dilemma is about Dr. Colenso Ridgeon, who has recently been knighted because of a miraculous new treatment he developed for tub…
The Range Dwellers
Read by Tom Penn
B. M. Bower
Ellis Carleton, son of a rich and indulgent father, has enjoyed a wasteful and irresponsible young adulthood. But on reaching 25 it is time …
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
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Aldous Huxley
Fascinating and brilliant at many levels, Huxley's spoof of Lady Ottoline Morrell's famous bohemian gatherings is difficult to categorize. T…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 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…