Humor
The Princess Aline
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Richard Harding Davis
Morton Carlton, an easy-going, rich young artist, has never taken the concepts of love and marriage all that seriously -- until by accident …
Mark Twain's Speeches
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of the 195 known, publicly-printed speeches of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Paul Fatout and publish…
Toppleton's Client
Read by Cate Barratt
John Kendrick Bangs
A pre-eminent legal firm gets far more than it bargained for when it hires the son of its late senior partner, Hopkins Toppleton, Sr., simpl…
The Unbearable Bassington
Read by NoelBadrian
Saki
The Unbearable Bassington was the first novel written by Saki (H. H. Munro). It also contains much of the elegant wit found in his short sto…
An Irishman's difficulties with the Dutch language
Read by Anna Simon
Cuey-Na-Gael
Jack O'Neill, an Irishman, has just returned from a month's holiday in The Netherlands. Before he left, he had boasted to his friends that h…
The Song Against Songs
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G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song Against Songs by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Octobe…
Seventeen
Read by Jonathan Burchard
Booth Tarkington
Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family, Especially William is a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently sat…
The Genial Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
John Kendrick Bangs once again takes us on a journey with the loveable, but somewhat self-opinionated and irritating Mr Idiot. (Summary by M…
The Chronicles of Clovis
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Saki
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…
Hedda Gabler
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Henrik Ibsen
Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. In it, Hedda Gabler, daughter of an aristocratic Genera…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independ…
Doctor Wortle's School
Read by Angel5
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope’s fortieth novel, published in 1881, concerns a respectable Christian boys’ school whose proprietor unknowingly hires a wom…
Mark Twain's Journal Writings
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This third volume of Mark Twain's journal writings continues on eclectic and varied path established by the first two volumes. Included in t…
Second Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow
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Jerome K. Jerome
A second volume of humorous essays on various subjects, following the success of Idle thoughts Of An Idle Fellow. (Summary by Chris Garbett)
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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Tobias Smollett
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, and is considered by many to be his best and fun…
Alice in Blunderland
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
John Kendrick Bangs
John Kendrick Bangs was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangasian Fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that set…
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Read by Michael Armenta
Omar Khayyám
One of the greatest works of poetry in history, this lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet on subjects such as life…
A Ballade of Suicide
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G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of A Ballade of Suicide by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 20,…
Christmas Comes but Once a Year
Read by Ruth Golding
John Leighton
A Christmas tale of John Brown's ghastly family (suburban snobs), Captain Bonaventure de Camp and his equally awful brood (a dubious crew), …
Grimm Tales Made Gay
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Guy Wetmore Carryl
A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each ending with a moral and full of puns. The titles of the tal…