Humor (Fiction)
Chapters from my Autobiography
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He or…
Miss Billy
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Eleanor H. Porter
Mr. Neilson was determined to name his first child after his boyhood chum, William Henshaw. When the baby disappointed him by being a girl, …
The Intrusion of Jimmy
Read by Mark Nelson
P. G. Wodehouse
The action begins with playboy bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time bu…
Lady Windermere's Fan
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Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, published in 1893. As in some of his other comedies, W…
The Little Nugget
Read by Mark Nelson
P. G. Wodehouse
Mrs Nesta Ford, in her London hotel room, reveals to her new friend Lord Mountry that she hopes to take her son Ogden on a yachting trip pro…
Emma (version 2)
Read by Sibella Denton
Jane Austen
Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1816, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse,…
Don Quixote, Vol. 2 (Ormsby Translation)
Read by Expatriate
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the mo…
The Girl on the Boat
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
P. G. Wodehouse
Also published as "Three Men and a Maid". The maid of the title is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina "Billie" Bennet, an…
The Club of Queer Trades
Read by David Barnes
G. K. Chesterton
A collection of six wonderfully quirky detective stories, featuring the 'mystic' former judge Basil Grant. Each story reveals a practitioner…
The Semi-Attached Couple
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Emily Eden
Young and beautiful Helen Eskdale and fabulously wealthy Lord Teviot seem to be the perfect match. But when they marry, they find that misun…
A House to Let
Read by Ruth Golding
Charles Dickens
A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the cont…
The Pirates of Penzance
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W. S. Gilbert
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Th…
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
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Charles Dickens
The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Ni…
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American autho…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 3)
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Mark Twain
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…
Anne of Green Gables (version 4)
Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can…
The Prince and Betty
Read by Don W. Jenkins
P. G. Wodehouse
The Prince and Betty is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It was originally published in Ainslee's Magazine in the United States in January 1912, …
The Diary of a Nobody
Read by Martin Clifton
George Grossmith
The Diary of a Nobody is the fictitious record of fifteen months in the life of Charles Pooter, his family, friends and small circle of acqu…
A Wodehouse Miscellany
Read by Kevin McAsh
P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. Best known toda…
Psmith in the City
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P. G. Wodehouse
Mike’s dream of studying and playing cricket at Cambridge are thwarted as his father runs into financial difficulties. Instead, Mike takes o…