Humor (Fiction)
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 …
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…
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…
The Adventures of Sally
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
P. G. Wodehouse
This romantic comedy stars a young American girl named Sally, who inherits a considerable fortune and finds her life turned upside down. The…
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
Read by Michael Yard
P. G. Wodehouse
The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on …
Irish Wit and Humor
Read by James E. Carson
Various
Excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th ce…
Indiscretions of Archie
Read by Mark Nelson
P. G. Wodehouse
It wasn't Archie's fault really. It's true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor …
A Tramp Abroad
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by th…
Something New
Read by Debra Lynn
P. G. Wodehouse
When the absent-minded Earl of Emsworth wanders off with the pride of his scarab collection, American millionaire J. Preston Peters is willi…
The Semi-Detached House
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Emily Eden
If you're a Jane Austen fan, you'll enjoy Emily Eden's comic novels of manners, The Semi-Detached House (1859) and The Semi-Attached Couple …
As You Like It
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William Shakespeare
One of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, As You Like It is a pastoral comedy of mistaken identity, wit, and love. Daughter of a banished duk…
Comic History of England
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Bill Nye
Edgar Wilson “Bill” Nye (1850 – 1896) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. Jim “jimmowatt” …
A Woman of No Importance
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Oscar Wilde
A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatr…
A Dog's Tale
Read by Aaron Elliott
Mark Twain
This short novel of Twain’s, from 1903, is told from the point of view of a loyal and beloved family pet. Themes of heroics, valor and heart…
Uneasy Money
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
P. G. Wodehouse
Uneasy Money is a romantic comedy by P.G. Wodehouse, published during the First World War, it offers light escapism. More romantic but only …
Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1894. It features Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a parody of Jules Verne-esque a…
Chapters from my Autobiography
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He or…