Humor (Fiction)
The Lady of the Barge
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W. W. Jacobs
Another collection of short stories, a mixture of the humorous and the horrifying all with unexpected twists - Summary by Inkell
Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade
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Walter Hamilton
This extract, taken from Parodies of the works of English and American Authors, vol 1, of parodies of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade…
Fresh Every Hour
Read by Lee Smalley
John Peter Toohey
This book is best described by its subtitle: “DETAILING the Adventures, Comic and Pathetic of one Jimmy Martin, Purveyor of Publicity, a You…
Nonsense Novels (Version 2)
Read by Louise J. Belle
Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was a Canadian writer, teacher, and political scientist. A prolific and popular humorist, he published dozens of…
Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor
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James Mcintyre
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor by James McIntyre. This was the Weekly Poetry project for …
Hints to Pilgrims
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Charles S. Brooks
In this collection of 17 short essays, Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934), with the usual panache and wit, which he also displays in his comedies…
The Anzac Book
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Various
A collection of prose, poetry, jokes, special orders, et cetera written by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps combatants of the Galli…
The Pinafore Picture Book: The Story Of H.M.S. Pinafore (Version 2)
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W. S. Gilbert
Pinafore’s sublimely silly story is made even sillier by this (ostensibly for children) 1908 story version of the 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan …
Get Next!
Read by Laurie Banza
Hugh Mchugh and George V. Hobart
John Henry has a comedic commentary and opinion on everything that goes on in his life. This time, he tackles the subjects of race tipsters,…
Sir Harry Wildair
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George Farquhar
This sequel to the Jubilee [The Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee] appeared at Drury Lane in 1701, and was almost as popular as its …
The Notary's Nose
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Edmond About
Ironic and Satirical: A successful Parisian notary, Alfred L’Ambert, is smitten with a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer. After a quarrel, his…
Retort
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Retort by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This was the weekly poetry project for August 23rd, 2009.
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 28, December, 1921
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W. H. Fawcett
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of American wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue …
G.T.T., or The Wonderful Adventures of a Pullman
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Edward Everett Hale
More than a generation ago, a common joke when an insolvent debtor or any other loafer who had changed his home, wished to leave warning beh…
This Giddy Globe
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Oliver Herford
Is there a genre called FUN? Yes, and this is it! Insanely humorous geography that will have you rolling on the floor laughing with your sid…
In Our Town
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William Allen White
Some humorous, some heartwarming, some heartstring-pulling stories from the newspaper office of a small Kansas town, "in that part of t…
The Miniature
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George Pope Morris
George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a p…
Tall Tales Of Cape Cod
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Marillis Bittinger
“The title of this volume is perhaps misleading. Tall Tales of Cape Cod they are, yes, but in a broader sense that are the feel and the basi…
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV
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François Rabelais
This fourth in the five novels about the giants Pantagruel and his father Gargantua is the last novel indusputably attributed to Franç…
You Bid Me Try
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Henry Austin Dobson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of "You Bid Me Try" by Austin Dobson . This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 24…