Humor
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The Witches of New York
Step into the whimsical world of 19th-century New York, where the streets are alive with the chatter of fortune tellers, card readers, and e…
The Alchemists Of Vra
Consider a world inhabited with only cats and dogs: a society recognizable as our own, but with its eccentricities being the norm, rather th…
Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside
Please note: this recording contains strong language."1601," wrote Mark Twain, "is a supposititious conversation which takes …
Dodo Wonders
"Dodo Wonders" is the third and last of the "Dodo" novels by E.F. Benson, author of the "Mapp and Lucia" serie…
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets
A selection of nonsense poems, songs (not sung!), stories, and miscellaneous strangeness. The work includes the "Owl and the Pussycat&q…
Love and Freindship
Love and Freindship [sic] is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790, when Austen was 14 years old. Love and Freindship (the misspelling…
New Adventures of Alice
In The New Adventures of Alice, John Rae invites listeners back into the whimsical world of Wonderland, imagining what further escapades Ali…
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a groundbreaking novel that defies conventional storytelling. Through the eyes of its…
Emma
Emma is a witty exploration of love and social standing, centered around the life of Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who believes she is a mas…
Hero and Leander
Two young people, the epitome of young masculine and feminine beauty, fall in love at first sight, but their union is forbidden by the tyran…
The Food of the Gods, and How It Came to Earth
Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood have invented a substance that causes living things to grow - and grow - and grow! As their experiment…
I Am A Cat
These are the first two chapters of Natsume Sōseki's masterpiece, "I Am A Cat" (Wagahai wa Neko de Aru). It is recognized as a lan…
Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.
The Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. (1824) is a compilation of eight humorous and observational letters written by American writer, Wash…
How to Tell a Story
In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, an…
Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors
When Michael O'Brien and his father, James, buy a new car just in time for the family's summer vacation, James signs over more than the titl…
I've Come to Stay
An iconoclast in many fields herself, Mary Heaton Vorse was fascinated with Bohemia, the colorful unboundaried land of poets and artists and…
You Never Miss the Dopamine
He's quickly becoming the Lewis Black of Parkinson's Disease.
In a series of hilarious essays, Bill Schmalfeldt (author of "No Doorwa…
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story fol…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at en…
Further Foolishness
Further Foolishness is a delightful collection of seventeen humorous stories and essays by the renowned Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock. W…