Humor (Fiction)
The Best Nonsense Verses
Read by Grace Buchanan
Josephine Daskam Bacon
From Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky to limericks written by Anonymous, some of the crankiest, most logical and lyrical people turn common sense…
The Poet's Forge
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Helen Hunt Jackson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Poet's Forge by Helen Hunt Jackson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November …
Catherine: A Story
Read by Mark Leder
William Makepeace Thackeray
The wild and raw adventures of Catherine Hayes, who was burned for murder at Tyburn in 1742 - Summary by Mark Leder
The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess
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Sir John Carr
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Parody on "The Golden Days of good Queen Bess" by Sir John Carr. This was the Fortni…
Jyl of Breyntfords Testament
Read by Grant Hurlock
Robert Copland
Introduction - This is a collection of ten comic pieces from the 16th century and earlier, as compiled and edited by Frederick Furnivall for…
O Hollow Hollow Hollow
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W. S. Gilbert
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of O Hollow Hollow Hollow by W.S. Gilbert. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 8, 201…
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 Early Misadventures of Toffee
Read by Ben Tucker
Henry Farrell
Included in this collection are the first two stories featuring that wonderfully wacky dream girl temptress Toffee! Stories include:"I…
At the End of the Feast
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William James Mcglothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of At the End of the Feast by Anonymous.A traditional English Christmas Carol, first published in…
Abe and Mawruss: Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter
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Montague Glass
Montague Glass was a lawyer who eventually abandoned the practice of law to write full time. He wrote a series of stories in the New York Po…
The Sunny Side (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
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
Read by TriciaG
Anne Warner
Young scapegrace John Watkins, Jr., Denham ("Jack"), the favourite of his great-aunt Mary, has gotten into one too many scrapes. T…
Something About Eve: A Comedy of Fig-leaves
Read by Ben Tucker
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…
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 …
Snowshoeing Song
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Arthur Weir
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Snowshoeing Song by Arthur Weir. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 31, 2011.Sno…
Bill Nye's Sparks
Read by DaleBarkley
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, …
Fish Preferred
Read by Zach Hoyt
P. G. Wodehouse
Fish Preferred is the third Wodehouse novel set at Blandings Castle, and the first to feature such memorable characters as the Honorable Gal…
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…