Humor
Sunbeams
Read by Arnold
George Wilbur Peck
George W. Peck was at times a writer, newspaper publisher and politician. Many of the Sunbeam essays had been published in Peck's paper, &qu…
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)
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Stephen Leacock
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be on…
Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories
Read by Philip Martin
Cal Stewart
A collection of comedic short stories from the perspective of an old country man. (Summary by Philip Martin)
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Andrew Lang
This book is a parody of the famous swashbuckling novel, She, by H. Rider Haggard. (summary by Neeru Iyer)You will not think, therefore, tha…
Lines on The Mermaid Tavern
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John Keats
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Lines on The Mermaid Tavern by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August…
Never: A Handbook For The Uninitiated And Inexperienced Aspirants To Refined So…
Read by David Wales
Nathan Dane Urner
An 1883 tongue-in-cheek spoof of manners and mannerisms of “society”. ‘the “Open Sesame” to that jealously-guarded realm,—good society,—in …
The Little Star
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Unknown
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Little Star, author unknown, which parodies the previous week's children's favourite The …
Shakspere: Personal Recollections
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John A. Joyce
A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling…
Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms
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Heywood Broun
This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, suc…
Out of the Bag and Other Quirky Short Stories
Read by Deborah Ochery
Deborah Ochery
Five humorous short stories make up this collection by the authors of XC Publishing.net. Here you’ll find a quirky mix of romance, science f…
Behind the Beyond
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Stephen Leacock
A collection containing a parody on Problem Plays, as well as humorous anecdotes from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia…
Hunting Elf
Read by Dave Donelson
Dave Donelson
A puppy for Christmas! What could be better? Dan McCoy and his capable wife June find out when Santa gives them a frolicsome hairball named …
The Ghosts' High Noon
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W. S. Gilbert
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Ghosts' High Noon by W. S. Gilbert. This was the Weekly Poetry HALLOWE'EN project for Oct…
Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
Read by Jim Nolan
Jim Nolan
Shag carpeting, talking dogs, grizzly bears and Emilio Pucci commercials. Jim Nolan has encountered them all and survived.
These stories, m…
Something Childish, but very Natural
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Something Childish, but very Natural by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This was the Weekly Poetry p…
The College Freshman's Don't Book
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George Fullerton Evans
A short, humorous guide of what not to do in your first year of college. (Summary by Jill Engle)
The Black Poodle and Other Tales
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F. Anstey
This is a collection of ten humorous short stories (Summary by Carolin)
Love in a Cottage
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Love in a Cottage by Nathaniel Parker Willis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Oct…
More Bab Ballads
Read by Graham Redman
W. S. Gilbert
This is a subset of the second collection of Gilbert’s “Bab Ballads” – light verses poking fun at the life and people of his time in Gilbert…
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
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Sir Walter Raleigh
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry proj…