Humor (Fiction)
Mr. Incoul's Misadventure
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Edgar Saltus
Saltus has been compared to Oscar Wilde for wit and language. His novels are entertaining, yet philosophical, exposing the vagaries of human…
Bunker Bean
Read by Joseph Tabler
Harry Leon Wilson
Young, self conscious, timid stenographer for a New York businessman with a beautiful daughter (the flapper). He emulates stronger types, bu…
Tartarin of Tarascon
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Alphonse Daudet
The story tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France, whose invented adventures a…
Fables for the Frivolous
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Guy Wetmore Carryl
One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writing…
The Gem Collector
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P. G. Wodehouse
A common burglar, Jimmy, returns to England from New York City due to his uncle's death. He becomes involved with a former cop's daughter. …
The Egregious English
Read by David Wales
T. W. H. Crosland
This 1903 book is a tongue-in-cheek send-up of English people and subjects. Within the humor (or humour), the listener may be surprised by s…
The Impromptu of Versailles
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Molière
The setup here is that Moliere and his troupe have been sent for by the King to come perform at Versailles. But instead of the piece they ha…
A New Arrival
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George Washington Cable
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A New Arrival by George W. Cable. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 17th, 2010.…
Contes, récits et scènes en vers
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Gustave Nadaud
Collection de 48 poèmes humouristiques ou tragiques ainsi que 2 petites scènes de théâtre de la plume de Gustave …
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III
Read by Jim Locke
François Rabelais
The five-volume work chronicling the adventures of father Gargantua and son Pantagruel is a vehicle for Rabelais' satire of sixteenth-centur…
Not That it Matters (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
A. A. MILNE:…was best known for the perennially popular Pooh (Winnie the), arguably one of his lesser contributions to the literature of his…
Swatty: A Story of Real Boys
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Ellis Parker Butler
The fun adventures of Georgie, Swatty, and Bony, as they encounter flooding rivers, emotional girls, burning buildings, rotten stumps, mean …
The Disagreeable Man
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W. S. Gilbert
LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of The Disagreeable Man by Sir W. S. Gilbert. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 1…
Mr. Punch's Dramatic Sequels
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St. John Emile Clavering Hankin
A collection of short and humorous one-act "sequels" to 14 major plays (many already in the Librivox catalog).Plays end too soon. …
Shorty McCabe
Read by Scotty Smith
Sewell Ford
Yes, it's been a couple of years since I quit the ring. . . . I slid into a quiet corner for a month or so, and then I dropped into the only…
El cocodrilo
Read by Victor Villarraza
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Un acontecimiento extraordinario, o el relato verídico que refiere cómo a un caballero de cierta edad y mucho respeto se lo tr…
Men I'm Not Married To (Stories)
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Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker was a poet, writer and satirist of the foibles of the early 20th century (not least, of Prohibition), and a founding member o…
Divots
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P. G. Wodehouse
Divots is a humorous tale of young golfer Jack Carson’s trials and triumphs on his journey through the rugged world of competitive golf.Join…
The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare (Version 3, Dramatic Reading)
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G. K. Chesterton
This is undoubtedly the best of Chesterton's novels, a thriller which follows Gabriel Syme as he tries to find a way to bring the Supreme An…
The Bab Ballads (version 2)
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W. S. Gilbert
The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before …