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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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