Humor (Fiction)
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (Version 2)
Read by Peter Dann
Henry Fielding
"I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, na…
The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare (Version 3, Dramatic Reading)
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G. K. Chesterton
This is undoubtedly the best of Chesterton's novels, a thriller which follows Gabriel Syme as he tries to find a way to bring the Supreme An…
The Bab Ballads (version 2)
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W. S. Gilbert
The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before …
The Uncle Of An Angel
Read by Susan Morin
Thomas A. Janvier
In what I have read so far this book appears to be a humorous character study on two levels. That between the uncle and niece and that of po…
Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer
Read by Elijah Fisher
Richard Steele
Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then famous Almanac-maker and astrol…
Once A Week (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
Once A Week is a collection of short stories and slightly longer vignettes which were written for Milne's solid British Audience, including …
The Silly Syclopedia
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Noah Lott and George V. Hobart
A Terrible Thing in the Form of a Literary Torpedo which is Launched for HILARIOUS PURPOSES ONLY Inaccurate in Every Particular Containing C…
The Skipper's Wooing
Read by Alan Lord
W. W. Jacobs
The crew of the ship come together in a syndicate to find the missing father of the lady whom their skipper should like to favour. Their res…
Stupidity
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Amy Lowell
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Stupidity by Amy Lowell. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 31st, 2010.
Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
Tall Tales from Texas
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Mody Coggin Boatright
Some tall tales from Texas. Lies? well, just stretching the truth a bit. These 8 stories have lots of good 'ol Texas 'dialect' in them so …
The Owl Critic
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James Thomas Fields
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of The Owl Critic by James T. Fields. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 3, 2011.…
The Flatting-Mill
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William Cowper
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Flatting-Mill by William Cowper. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 1, 2011.…
One Day's Courtship and The Heralds of Fame
Read by Nat Spratt
Robert Barr
Robert Barr approaches romance in two short stories in his engaging and subtly humorous style.In One Day's Courtship, British artist John Tr…
Kilo: Being the Love Story of Eliph' Hewlitt, Book Agent
Read by DaleBarkley
Ellis Parker Butler
Traveling salesman Eliph' Hewlitt finds the love of his life in Kilo, Iowa and decides to settle down there. - Summary by Dale Barkley
Skiddoo!
Read by Laurie Banza
Hugh Mchugh and George V. Hobart
John Henry is quite a character! King of the "Beloved of the Short Arm Jab". John Henry has his own unique perspective on the even…
Off-Hand Sketches
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T. S. Arthur
The reader cannot but smile at some of the phases of life presented in this volume. Yet the smile will, in no case, the author thinks, be at…
A Parody Outline of History
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Donald Ogden Stewart
" Mr. H. G. Wells, in his "Outline of History," was of necessity forced to omit the narration of many of the chief events in …
Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington and Others of the Family
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B. P. Shillaber
Mrs. Partington, not unlike Mrs. Malaprop, is prone to using the wrong words when expressing her sentiments. However, the "inappropriat…