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Marge Askinforit

Read by Nigel Boydell


Barry Pain


A rollicking parody of the Margot Asquith memoirs, in which Pain's character, Marge, beguiles us with the most personal details of her dysfu…

Eliza

Read by Nigel Boydell


Barry Pain


A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of brief anecdotes, that follow the mundane, though surprisingly hazard strewn lives of our rathe…

Bob the Castaway

Read by Nigel Boydell


Frank V. Webster


Frank V Webster was a pseudonym controlled by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the first book packager of books aimed at children. This pseudonym …

Biltmore Oswald

Read by Nigel Boydell


J. Thorne Smith, Jr.


The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …

If Winter Don't

Read by Nigel Boydell


Barry Pain


Barry Pain's parody takes a sharp knife to ASM Hutchinson's best selling novel 'If Winter Comes'.We follow the professional and marital decl…

12 - H. 3D-- The Review of a Continuous Performance, Part 1

In Seeing Things at Night

Read by Nigel Boydell


Heywood Broun


This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations. (Summary by Carolin)

Song. On May Morning

In Short Poetry Collection 097

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John Milton (1608-1674) and John Milton


This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2011.

01 - He Discusses Maxims and Proverbs

In The Genial Idiot

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John Kendrick Bangs


John Kendrick Bangs once again takes us on a journey with the loveable, but somewhat self-opinionated and irritating Mr Idiot. (Summary by M…

1 - Chapter I

In The Paying Guest

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George Gissing


George Gissing was one of the most accomplished writers of realism in the Victorian Era. Also The Paying Guest is a great example of realism…