Humor (Fiction)
The Prodigal Village; A Christmas Tale
Read by David Wales
Irving Bacheller
Small town life in early twentieth century New York state. This is a piquant parable of human nature. Bacheller's lightly humorous voice is …
In Pawn
Read by DaleBarkley
Ellis Parker Butler
Inspired by "Lives of the Saints", fat, lazy, good-for-nothing Harvey Redding decides to give up the junk-collecting business, and…
Shakspere: Personal Recollections
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John A. Joyce
A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling…
Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms
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Heywood Broun
This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, suc…
Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Thomas Lodge
This novel, which Shakespeare adapted in his pastoral comedy As You Like It, is the archetypal pastoral adventure. Two young persons of high…
The Talking Horse And Other Stories
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F. Anstey
A collection of short stories by famed humorist and Punch magazine staff member, F. Anstey, pseudonym for Thomas Anstey Guthrie. They range …
Behind the Beyond
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Stephen Leacock
A collection containing a parody on Problem Plays, as well as humorous anecdotes from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia…
Charley's Aunt
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Brandon Thomas
The girlfriends are coming to visit the chaps at college, but of course they can't stay unless there is a proper chaperone. So what could be…
No. 17 (Number Seventeen)
Read by czandra
J. Jefferson Farjeon
A thriller about a down-and-out sailor finding his way in London. The book followed a successful play that was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, …
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3)
Read by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Stephen Leacock
Widely considered a classic of Canadian humorous literature, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town tells stories set in the fictional town of M…
Something Childish, but very Natural
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Something Childish, but very Natural by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This was the Weekly Poetry p…
The College Freshman's Don't Book
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George Fullerton Evans
A short, humorous guide of what not to do in your first year of college. (Summary by Jill Engle)
Love in a Cottage
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Love in a Cottage by Nathaniel Parker Willis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Oct…
The Black Poodle and Other Tales
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F. Anstey
This is a collection of ten humorous short stories (Summary by Carolin)
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
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Sir Walter Raleigh
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry proj…
Bealby; A Holiday
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H. G. Wells
Bealby is the comical story of the escapade of a thirteen-year-old boy when he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the g…
William The Conqueror
Read by David Wales
Richmal Crompton
William is at it again. The world’s most chaos-creating and confident eleven year old boy. Thirteen more humorous stories in this 1926 col…
The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibilities
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
More stories by Canadian Stephen Leacock. Some of these stories carry over characters introduced in Further Foolishness. Some stories are hu…
How to Make a Man of Consequence
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Mark Lemon
Mark Lemon had a natural talent for journalism and the stage, and, at twenty-six, retired from less congenial business to devote himself to …
Gevleugelde Daden
Read by Bart de Leeuw
Herman Heijermans, Jr.
Het boek Gevleugelde Daden van Herman Heijermans Jr. werd uitgegeven in 1911 (sommige bronnen zeggen 1908) onder het pseudoniem Samuel Falkl…