Humor (Fiction)
Not George Washington
Read by Debra Lynn
P. G. Wodehouse
It has been said that behind every successful man is a good woman. This is certainly true in the case of James Orlebar Cloyster. However, so…
Cranford (version 2)
Read by NoelBadrian
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gos…
Doctor Ox's Experiment
Read by Alan Winterrowd
Jules Verne
An early, light-hearted short story, published in 1872 by Jules Verne. It takes place in the Flemish town of Quiquendone, where life moves a…
La Comédie Humaine: 05 - Scènes de la vie de province tome 1 (15-4-43)
Read by Bernard
Honoré de Balzac
Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…
The Return of Alfred
Read by Anna Simon
Herbert George Jenkins
The hero of the book is at a loose end, weary and bored of his old life after returning from the Great War. After an argument with his uncle…
The Black Moth (version 2)
Read by Terra Mendoza
Georgette Heyer
Jack Carstares, oldest son of the Earl Wyncham, has been disgraced by his brother. Gone for six years, living the life a highwayman he meets…
Roast Beef, Medium
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edna Ferber
This book follows the adventures of Emma McChesney, a smart and savvy divorced mother who travels the Midwest as a sales representative for …
Miss Mackenzie
Read by Kirsten Wever
Anthony Trollope
The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself wi…
Three Men on the Bummel
Read by Peter Yearsley
Jerome K. Jerome
Some time after "Three Men in a Boat", George, Harris and Jerome decided to go on a cycling holiday through Germany.This relaxed a…
The Proposal
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Anton Chekhov
The Proposal is a one act comic farce by Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's Russia, marriage was a means of economic stability for most people. The…
La Contessa di Karolystria
Read by Riccardo Fasol
Antonio Ghislanzoni
Antonio Ghislanzoni, nato a Barco di Maggianico (Lecco) il 25 novembre 1824, è meglio noto come autore di numerosissimi libretti per …
Tartarin de Tarascon
Read by Ezwa
Alphonse Daudet
Qui n'a jamais entendu parler de Tartarin de Tarascon, le grand Tartarin, héros de Tarascon, chef des chasseurs de casquettes ?Alphon…
The Awful German Language (version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
Mark Twain
This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, compl…
Pride and Prejudice: A Play
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Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, a comedy of manners and marriage, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. In this dramatic adaption by Mary Keith M…
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
Read by Karlsson
Oskar Panizza
Auf einem Nürnberger Jahrmarkt wird in einem Wachsfigurenkabinett mit beweglichen mechanischen Figuren das »Leiden und Sterben un…
Aventures d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles
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Lewis Carroll
"Alice au Pays des Merveilles," publié originellement par Lewis Carroll en 1865 comme "Alice's Adventures in Wonderlan…
The Importance of Being Earnest (version 2)
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbe…
Aphorisms
Read by Carl Manchester
Oscar Wilde
In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) published two collections of aphorisms: A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated, in the Sa…
Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (version 2)
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
Read by Sandra Cullum
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The story of three "middle aged ladies". Follow along as they have all sorts of adventures. - Summary by Sandra More Tish stories…