Humor (Fiction)

The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus

Read by Phil Chenevert


Joel Chandler Harris


26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904…

Short Humor Collection 001

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P. G. Wodehouse


This is a collection of short humorous works first published before 1923. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Dramatic Reading)

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Mark Twain


In order to escape his cruel father, and led by a thirst for adventure, Huck Finn sets off down the Mississippi River with Jim, an escaped s…

Just William (version 2)

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Richmal Crompton


Just William is the first book of hilarious short stories about 11-year-old William Brown -- eternally scruffy and frowning. William's famil…

A Gentleman of Leisure

Read by Mark Nelson


P. G. Wodehouse


A wealthy, love-sick bachelor, crooks, and card-sharps ensconced in an English castle make for a classic Wodehousian comedy of star-crossed …

Buttered Side Down

Read by Xe Sands


Edna Ferber


"And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after."Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, a…

Uncle Remus Returns

Read by Phil Chenevert


Joel Chandler Harris


Uncle Remus tells these 11 stories but to the son of the original "little boy" who is visiting his grandmother on the plantation. …

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

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F. Scott Fitzgerald


Pretty but socially clueless Bernice lets her know-it-all cousin push her around, but eventually, something's gotta give! (Introduction by B…

The Calico Cat (version 2)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Charles Miner Thompson


The consequences of letting your irritation get the better of you are humorously portrayed in this story of a self-important man who fires a…

Free Air

Read by Hollis Hanover


Sinclair Lewis


This road trip novel is set in the early twentieth century and follows the experiences of an aristocratic New Englander and her father as th…

Piccadilly Jim (version 2)

Read by Mark Nelson


P. G. Wodehouse


Jimmy "Piccadilly Jim" Crocker returns to New York to repair his reputation and pursue his love-interest, Ann Chester. All he has …

Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures

Read by Martin Clifton


Douglas William Jerrold


Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) was the son of an actor manager. After some time in the Navy and as an apprentice printer he became a pl…

The King of Schnorrers

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Israel Zangwill


Manasseh da Costa, protagonist of this hilarious novel, is a schnorrer (beggar) who lives on the charitable contributions of the Jews of lat…

Love Conquers All

Read by Ted Delorme


Robert C. Benchley


Robert Benchley, 1889-1945, was a writer, humorist and actor of note during the 1920s through the early 1940s. Born in Massachusetts, he spe…

Adventures of Bindle

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Herbert George Jenkins


Jenkins' most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a humorous novel in 1916 and in a number of sequels. I…

Tante Frieda

Read by Klaus Neubauer


Ludwig Thoma


Wie bereits in den "Lausbubengeschichten" berichtet der Schüler Ludwig von seinen Streichen wider Scheinheiligkeit und falsch…

Letters of Travel

Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)


Rudyard Kipling


Three books of travel writing (between them covering the USA, Canada, Japan and Egypt) by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stor…

The Trimmed Lamp: and other Stories of the Four Million

Read by Marian Brown


O. Henry


Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henry’s birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pen name O. Henry while in prison. He…

Happy Days

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A. A. Milne


Although best known for his Winnie the Pooh stories, A.A. Milne spent years as an editor at the English humor magazine Punch. These sprightl…

Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Edith Œnone Somerville


This is the first of three novels which Edith Somerville and her cousin Violet Martin wrote about the English Major Sinclair Yates who leave…

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