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Read by Lynne T
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In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1
Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…
Chapter Nineteen: Canada
Read by CCam
A. F. Hill
In John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One- Legged Soldier after the War
Follow a Very Funny Man make the best and the worst of his infirmity!! (Summary by Christine Rottger)The language and ideas in this book ref…
Preface
Read by Louise J. Belle
Stephen Leacock
In Nonsense Novels (Version 2)
Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was a Canadian writer, teacher, and political scientist. A prolific and popular humorist, he published dozens of…
Chapters 1-3
Read by Kristen McQuillin
P. G. Wodehouse
In Psmith in the City
Mike’s dream of studying and playing cricket at Cambridge are thwarted as his father runs into financial difficulties. Instead, Mike takes o…
CHAPTER 9: A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
Read by Mark Nelson
P. G. Wodehouse
In The Inimitable Jeeves
Poor Bertie Wooster. His pals are always falling in love with the wrong girls, and he seems to always to be engaged to the wrong one himself…
Chapter 12 - Making a Start
Read by Mark Nelson
P. G. Wodehouse
In A Gentleman of Leisure
A wealthy, love-sick bachelor, crooks, and card-sharps ensconced in an English castle make for a classic Wodehousian comedy of star-crossed …
Sense or ___? by C. D. Mc.
Read by April6090
Various
In The Anzac Book
A collection of prose, poetry, jokes, special orders, et cetera written by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps combatants of the Galli…
Unconscious Humor
Read by Marty Kris
J.K. Wetherill and J. K. Wetherill
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…
Preface
Read by Anne Fletcher
Rachel Hunter
In Letters from Mrs Palmerstone to Her Daughter, Volume One
The extended title of these volumes is 'Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives”, and in the preface the Author indicates she offere…
Chapter 2
Read by Mark Nelson
P. G. Wodehouse
In Piccadilly Jim (version 2)
Jimmy "Piccadilly Jim" Crocker returns to New York to repair his reputation and pursue his love-interest, Ann Chester. All he has …
Chapter 5 – Mr. Scobell Has Another Idea
Read by Kirsten Wever
P. G. Wodehouse
In The Prince and Betty (version 2)
The story moves from a royal palace in Europe to a squalid tenement in New York. The European action centers on the efforts of an uncouth mi…
Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol 1, No. 11, August, 1920
"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…
Preface and chapter 1
Read by Allyson Hester
Bill Nye
In Comic History of the United States
This text takes the reader on a comical journey from the time of the first European settlement through the Civil War. The author's caustic w…
PREFACE TO THE SECOND AND REVISED EDITION, 1884, BY THE EDITOR
Read by Linda Olsen Fitak
Edwin Abbott Abbott
In Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (version 2)
This is a satirical novel written by Edwin A. Abbott, first published in 1884. Abbott uses a two-dimensional world, with himself as the prot…
Questions and Answers
Read by VO Gal
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 18, March, 1921
"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 packe…
Marjory Part 1
Read by Lynne T
F. Anstey
In The Talking Horse And Other Stories
A collection of short stories by famed humorist and Punch magazine staff member, F. Anstey, pseudonym for Thomas Anstey Guthrie. They range …
04 - Chapter 4
Read by NoelBadrian
Saki
In The Unbearable Bassington
The Unbearable Bassington was the first novel written by Saki (H. H. Munro). It also contains much of the elegant wit found in his short sto…
Developments; The Resolution He Took
Read by TriciaG
Anne Warner
In The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Young scapegrace John Watkins, Jr., Denham ("Jack"), the favourite of his great-aunt Mary, has gotten into one too many scrapes. T…
NOTES
Read by KevinS
P. G. Wodehouse
In Tales of St. Austin's
Early short stories from Wodehouse focusing on life at St. Austin's, a fictional English public school. Also, Included are four humorous ess…
Similar Cases
Read by Phil Chenevert
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors…