Humor
- Witty Social Satire
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Witty Essays and Observations
- Classic Radio Comedies
- Humorous Dramas and Comedies
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
In the afterlife grizzled sea captain Eli Stormfield finds himself piloting a ship to heaven. Despite a detour and some navigation errors he…
The Old Maids' Club
Mathematics vs. poetry: Brainy and beautiful 17-year-old Lillie, determined to never marry, begins an Old Maids' Club, while patient young L…
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
The town of Hadleyburg had the reputation of being the most honest town in a wide area, indeed an incorruptible community. The elders took t…
The Westminster Alice
Published five years before John Kendrick Bangs had the same idea with Alice in Blunderland, Saki, in his 1902 series of satirical articles,…
More Goops and How Not to Be Them
Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s c…
The Wit and Humor of America
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that brings together a rich collection of 53 short stories and poems from 44 diverse …
That Mother-in-Law of Mine
Here we were, only a month married, and spending our honeymoon at a most charming summer resort, where there was no excuse for getting out o…
Over The Plum Pudding
Over The Plum Pudding is a delightful collection of twelve stories that blend humor, holiday spirit, and a touch of the supernatural. Author…
Pipefuls
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
The New Swiss Family Robinson
The New Swiss Family Robinson is a humorous take on the classic adventure story, crafted by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon. This parody…
The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
As much as any other work of literature, Henri Murger’s 1851 collection of witty sketches Scènes de la vie de bohème shaped th…
Three Men on the Bummel
Our Friends from Three Men in a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog, are back. In this funny sequel to Three Men in a Boat J., George, and Harri…
The Humbugs of the World
P. T. Barnum exposes some of the chief humbugs of the world with his usual entertaining style. He looks at medicine and quacks, ghosts, witc…
The Tinted Venus
When a young newly engaged man finds himself bound for an amusement garden with an old flame, not his fiancee, it is not surprising that he …
Happy Days
Although best known for his Winnie the Pooh stories, A.A. Milne spent years as an editor at the English humor magazine Punch. These sprightl…
Brewster's Millions
The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend eve…
Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective
Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To…
A Guest at the Ludlow
Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…
Certain Personal Matters
Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pi…
The Wit and Humor of America
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful collection that showcases the rich tapestry of American wit through a variety of short stories …