Humor (Fiction)
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…
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…
Kilo: Being the Love Story of Eliph' Hewlitt, Book Agent
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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
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 …
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 …
At The Sign of The Greedy Pig
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Charles S. Brooks
"Sometimes, in a mood of Spanish castles, there flits across my fancy the vision of an ancient city on a hill-top, with lofty battlemen…
Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation
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Edward S. Van Zile
As the title suggests we are treated to three humourous and curious psychical transpositions in the cases of "When Reginald was Carolin…
Der Roman der XII
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Herbert Eulenberg and Gustav Falke
Der Roman der XII wurde von 12, zu ihrer Zeit, hervorragenden Autoren als spaßiges Experiment geschrieben. Das Buch hat 12 Hauptkapite…
Adrift in the Unknown; or Queer Adventures in a Queer Realm
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William Wallace Cook
A delightful, imaginative, and sometimes silly adventure in early science fiction. Join a noble scientist and some of his less noble associa…
Report On an Adjudged Case
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William Cowper
William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century na…
Potash and Perlmutter: Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures
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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 P…
The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, and other humorous tales
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Richard Connell
Collection of short stories originally published in the Saturday Evening Post.
The Open Window
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Edward Rowland Sill
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Open Window by Edward Rowland Sill. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February …
El cocodrilo
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Un acontecimiento extraordinario, o el relato verídico que refiere cómo a un caballero de cierta edad y mucho respeto se lo tr…
History of a Life
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Barry Cornwall
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of History of a Life by Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall). This was the Weekly Poetry…
The Silver Wedding
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John Godfrey Saxe
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Silver Wedding by John Godfrey Saxe. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 12t…
The Despairing Lover
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William Walsh
LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of The Despairing Lover by William Walsh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 11, …
The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns
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Harold Ashton
Harold Ashton was the War Correspondent of The Daily News during the First World War and reported extensively on the British army’s involvem…
Down The Line with John Henry
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Hugh Mchugh
A humorous comedy of errors and light-hearted wit in the life of the likeable John Henry. When it comes to betting at the races, booze, his …
Bill Nye and Boomerang; Or the Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literar…
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Bill Nye
Humorist Bill Nye was the first editor of the daily paper in Laramie, Wyoming, and named it the Laramie Boomerang in honor of his mule. As …