Humor (Fiction)
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol 1, No. 11, August, 1920
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W. H. Fawcett
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was pack…
The Sunny Side (Version 2)
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A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne is best known for his creation of the perennially popular Winnie the Pooh, though he was and is highly acclaimed for hundreds of…
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
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Anne Warner
Young scapegrace John Watkins, Jr., Denham ("Jack"), the favourite of his great-aunt Mary, has gotten into one too many scrapes. T…
Bill Nye's Sparks
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Bill Nye
Humorist Bill Nye, in his brief 46 years, served as justice of the peace, newspaperman, miner, and postmaster in the rough town of Laramie, …
Something About Eve: A Comedy of Fig-leaves
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James Branch Cabell
Would-be author of romance Gerald Musgrave, southern gentleman and member of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America…
The Jabberwocky of Authors
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Harry Persons Taber
LibriVox volunteers offer you 12 different recordings of The Jabberwocky of Authors by Harry Persons Taber. This parody of Carroll's Jabberw…
Address to Certain Goldfishes
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Hartley Coleridge
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Address to Certain Goldfishes by Hartley Coleridge. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project f…
The Old Soak, and Hail And Farewell
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Don Marquis
Published in 1921 (Prohibition went into effect in January 1920), "Hail and Farewell" is a collection of poems in honour of alcoho…
Andiron Tales
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John Kendrick Bangs
This book is a story about "Being the Remarkable Adventures of a Boy with a Lively Imagination" - Summary by John Kendrick Bangs
Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade
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Walter Hamilton
This extract, taken from Parodies of the works of English and American Authors, vol 1, of parodies of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade…
The Lady of the Barge
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W. W. Jacobs
Another collection of short stories, a mixture of the humorous and the horrifying all with unexpected twists - Summary by Inkell
John MacNab
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John Buchan
Sir Edward Leithen and his friends Lord Lamancha, Palliser-Yeates, and Archie Roylance are bored of life. After Leithen's doctor recommends …
Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor
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James Mcintyre
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor by James McIntyre. This was the Weekly Poetry project for …
Hints to Pilgrims
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Charles S. Brooks
In this collection of 17 short essays, Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934), with the usual panache and wit, which he also displays in his comedies…
Fresh Every Hour
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John Peter Toohey
This book is best described by its subtitle: “DETAILING the Adventures, Comic and Pathetic of one Jimmy Martin, Purveyor of Publicity, a You…
The Pinafore Picture Book: The Story Of H.M.S. Pinafore (Version 2)
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W. S. Gilbert
Pinafore’s sublimely silly story is made even sillier by this (ostensibly for children) 1908 story version of the 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan …
Petticoat Government, Volume 2
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Frances Milton Trollope
The further adventures of young Judith Maitland in the clerical close of Westhampton. - Summary by Mark Leder
Fábulas
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Félix María De Samaniego
He aquí una colección de cuentos y fábulas escritas a fines del siglo XVIII. Estas cortas historias, distribuidas en nu…
Sir Harry Wildair
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George Farquhar
This sequel to the Jubilee [The Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee] appeared at Drury Lane in 1701, and was almost as popular as its …
The Anzac Book
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Various
A collection of prose, poetry, jokes, special orders, et cetera written by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps combatants of the Galli…