Humor (Fiction)
In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories
Read by David Wales
Robert Barr
Thirteen short stories by one of the most famous writers in his day. Robert Barr was a British Canadian short story writer and novelist, bor…
In Search of the Unknown
Read by Peter Eastman
Robert W. Chambers
Robert Chambers was a contemporary of Lovecraft, and this book consists of "weird supernatural tales" in a somewhat similar manner…
Mrs. Bindle
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Herbert George Jenkins
Herbert Jenkins' most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a humorous novel in 1916 and in a number of se…
Bill the Conqueror
Read by Carol Pelster
P. G. Wodehouse
Hailed as one of the funniest writers of the 20th century, P. G. Wodehouse cheerfully radiates humor that is both sophisticated and popular.…
When Patty Went to College
Read by Daryl Wor
Jean Webster
When Patty Went to College is Jean Webster's first novel, published in 1903. It is a humorous look at life in an all-girls college at the tu…
Nous deux
Read by Ezwa
Paul Bilhaud
« Riquette et Riquet s'aiment, c'est là l'important. Que voudriez-vous savoir de plus ? Comment ils se sont connus ? Où …
Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels
Read by Phil Chenevert
Stephen Leacock
8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody…
Sketches New and Old
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1882. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the or…
The Diamond Cross Mystery
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Chester K. Steele
Colonel Ashley is confronted with a difficult case: The proprietor of a jewelry shop is found murdered, and a valuable diamond cross is stol…
Miss Mapp
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E. F. Benson
E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia series, consists of six novels and three short stories. The novels are: Queen Lucia, Lucia in London, Miss Map…
Les Misérables pour rire
Read by Ezwa
A. Vémar and A. Vémarandgustave Marx
Vous n'avez jamais eu le temps de lire Les Misérables ? Eh bien, en voici l'occasion. Ces misérables-ci sont très conci…
The Gentle Grafter
Read by Leslie Walden
O. Henry
If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…
Carry On, Jeeves
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P. G. Wodehouse
"Leave it to Jeeves" was Bertie's motto, be the question one of a colour of a tie, the style of a hat, the cut of a coat. Jeeves w…
The Sunny Side
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A. A. Milne
The Sunny Side is a collection of short stories and essays by A. A. Milne. Though Milne is best known for his classic children's books, espe…
The Sea Lady (Version 2)
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
H. G. Wells
A mermaid contrives to have herself "rescued from drowning" and adopted by a respectable family on the English coast. Her motive,…
A Personal Anthology of Shakespeare
Read by Martin Clifton
William Shakespeare
This personal anthology is my choice of speeches from Shakespeare that I enjoy reading (that I would like to have had by heart years ago!) a…
Gentle Julia
Read by Bellona Times
Booth Tarkington
Penrod for girls in the form of Florence, the bratty younger cousin of luminous Julia Atwater, enlivens this romantic comedy set in Tarkingt…
Diary of a Pilgrimage
Read by Szindbad
Jerome K. Jerome
A possibly fictionalised account by the comic novelist Jerome K. Jerome of a trip to Germany that he undertook with a friend in order to see…
The Princess Aline
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Richard Harding Davis
Morton Carlton, an easy-going, rich young artist, has never taken the concepts of love and marriage all that seriously -- until by accident …
Tenterhooks
Read by Helen Taylor
Ada Leverson
The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', b…