Humor (Fiction)
The School for Husbands
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Molière
In 1661 and 1662 Moliere presented the plays The School for Husbands (this one) and then The School for Wives. "The central situations …
Marge Askinforit
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Barry Pain
A rollicking parody of the Margot Asquith memoirs, in which Pain's character, Marge, beguiles us with the most personal details of her dysfu…
Amusement Only
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Richard Marsh
This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)
In the Sweet Dry and Dry
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Christopher Morley
Written just before Prohibition to entail the possible troubles that might happen en route. Both sides of the argument, or battle as the cas…
Humorous Readings and Recitations
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Leopold Wagner
Before radio, television, and electronic mass media, lectures, recitations, public readings, and other public performances were important wa…
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
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Stephen Leacock
"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follo…
An Ideal Husband
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Oscar Wilde
The "Ideal Husband" of the title is Sir Robert Chiltern, with his equally upright wife Lady Chiltern. He has never committed a cri…
Eliza
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Barry Pain
A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of brief anecdotes, that follow the mundane, though surprisingly hazard strewn lives of our rathe…
Trolley Folly
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Henry Wallace Phillips
This collection of eleven short stories is packed with Henry Wallace Phillips' offbeat humor. You will find a trolley car driver, bored with…
The Sorrows of a Show Girl
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Kenneth Mcgaffey
Originally printed in The Morning Telegraph in New York, this is the story of Miss Sabrina, the show girl, and her ups and downs with the un…
Still
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Richmal Crompton
More humorous adventures (1925) by the world’s most misunderstood English boy. - Summary by david wales
Tales of St. Austin's
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P. G. Wodehouse
Early short stories from Wodehouse focusing on life at St. Austin's, a fictional English public school. Also, Included are four humorous ess…
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang
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W. H. Fawcett
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…
In these days . . .
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Ebenezer Elliott
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of In these days . . . by Ebenezer Elliott. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 23rd…
The Briefless Barrister
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John Godfrey Saxe
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Briefless Barrister by John Godfrey Saxe. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Jul…
My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's
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Marietta Holley
. . . a voice kept a sayin' inside of me, "Josiah Allen's wife, write a book givin' your views on the great subject of Wimmen's Rites.&…
The Poems and Some Satires of Andrew Marvell
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Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell is a man of many faces, in both poetry and politics. A master of the pastoral dialogue, he can equally well fire out a Juvena…
Mr. Mulliner Speaking
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P. G. Wodehouse
Mr. Mulliner, the chief raconteur of the Angler's Rest, unbosoms himself of nine more stories concerning the doings of his relatives, slight…
Where There's a Will
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Minnie Waters has been running the Hope Spring health resort for many years with her father, Doctor Waters, when he suddenly passes away. T…
But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
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Anita Loos
In this sequel to “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, Lorelei starts to write a book in order to document her and Dorothy’s further adventures. Whil…