Humor
This Simian World
Read by Epistomolus
Clarence Day
Clarence Day, Jr., best known for his work Life with Father, presents a satirical speculation on how the world might be different if we apes…
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Robert Henry Newell
These are a collection of humorous "letters" written by a fictional character to a relation in the north during the Civil War. The…
Merry Autumn
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Paul Laurence Dunbar
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Merry Autumn by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 10t…
A Poe-em of Passion
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Charles F. Lummis
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of A Poe-em of Passion by C. F. Lummis. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 17, 2013, a…
The Poet's Forge
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Helen Hunt Jackson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Poet's Forge by Helen Hunt Jackson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November …
Is Sex Necessary?
Read by Zach Hoyt
James Thurber and E. B. White
From the Foreword: “During the past year, two factors in our civilization have been greatly overemphasized. One is aviation, the other is s…
The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Sir John Carr
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Parody on "The Golden Days of good Queen Bess" by Sir John Carr. This was the Fortni…
Jyl of Breyntfords Testament
Read by Grant Hurlock
Robert Copland
Introduction - This is a collection of ten comic pieces from the 16th century and earlier, as compiled and edited by Frederick Furnivall for…
O Hollow Hollow Hollow
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
W. S. Gilbert
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of O Hollow Hollow Hollow by W.S. Gilbert. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 8, 201…
At the End of the Feast
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William James McGlothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of At the End of the Feast by Anonymous.A traditional English Christmas Carol, first published in…
Lincoln's Yarns and Stories
Read by David Wales
Alexander K. Mcclure
“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…
The Book of the Cheese
Read by Peter Yearsley
Thomas Wilson Reid
"Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese" is a pub on Fleet Street, London. It was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666, and has been frequented …