Humor (Fiction)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 4)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade), often shortened to Huck Finn, is a novel written by Mark Twain and published in 1884.…
The Alchemist
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Ben Jonson
An outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman, Lovewit, to flee temporarily to the country, leaving his house under the sole charge of …
Selected Short Stories
Read by Mike Harris
P. G. Wodehouse
A miscellaneous collection of short stories, not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters, most concern love and romance and, being W…
The Awful German Language
Read by Rainer
Mark Twain
If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix…
Coffee Break Collection 001 - Humor
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P. G. Wodehouse
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Emphasis f…
The Merchant of Venice
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Foli…
Pygmalion
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George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor…
Don Quixote, Vol. 1 (Ormsby Translation)
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the mo…
The Idiot
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
John Kendrick Bangs
The Idiot is anything but, yet his fellow boarders at Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog’s home for single gentlemen see him as such. His brand of creati…
Emma (version 7 Dramatic Reading)
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Jane Austen
Emma is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance....As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and dif…
What's Wrong With the World
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G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the “prince of paradox.” Time magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possibl…
Much Ado About Nothing
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William Shakespeare
Written around the middle of his career, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's great festive comedies. The men are back from the w…
Three Men and a Maid
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
P. G. Wodehouse
This book with two titles, Three Men and a Maid in the USA and The Girl on the Boat in the UK is a typical PG Wodehouse romantic comedy, inv…
A Damsel in Distress
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P. G. Wodehouse
A Damsel in Distress is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.S. on October 4, 1919 by George H. Doran, New York, and in the …
Eve’s Diary
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Mark Twain
Eve’s Diary is a humorous monologue about Eve’s experiences at the dawn of creation. She is fascinated by every aspect of the new world arou…
Lady Susan
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the …
A Man of Means
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
P. G. Wodehouse
A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories written in collaboration by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. The stories all star Rolan…
La Dama Duende
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Pedro Calderón De La Barca
Entre las comedias del fecundo y elegante Calderón merecía, sin duda, uno de los lugares mas distinguidos la que se conoce con…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of…
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
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Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Th…