Humor (Fiction)
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
Read by Kevin Green
Robert Smith Surtees
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour is a delightful comic satire of the fox-hunting fraternity of the mid 19th Century. Surtees takes great pleasure …
J. Poindexter, Colored
Read by Grant Hurlock
Irvin S. Cobb
This comic novel relates the first-person adventures in New York City of Jefferson Poindexter, personal assistant to Cobb's famous Judge Pri…
Smoke Bellew
Read by Jim Locke
Jack London
Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in …
The Priceless Pearl
Read by Nancy Halper
Alice Duer Miller
Pearl Leavitt is habitually fired from her New York City office jobs for being "too beautiful" and thereby causing all the men to …
Molly Make-Believe
Read by Ashleigh Jane
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Carl Stanton is an invalid suffering from an unusual bout of rheumatism. His fiancée is gone for the winter and though he begs her to…
Six Bad Husbands and Six Unhappy Wives
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This is a collection of six short stories, each of them illustrating that even a marriage which looks perfect from the outside can be sabota…
Further Foolishness
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Seventeen goofy stories and essays by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the writte…
Tales of the Long Bow
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
G. K. Chesterton
These tales concern the doing of things recognized as impossible to do; impossible to believe; and, as the weary reader may well cry aloud, …
Sam In The Suburbs
Read by Zach Hoyt
P. G. Wodehouse
A young and somewhat eccentric American named Sam Shotter is sent by his uncle, a wealthy businessman, to England to get him out of his hair…
Miss Civilization
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Richard Harding Davis
Miss Civilization, a one act comedy, tells the story of a young woman who matches wits with three burglars attempting to rob her house. Thi…
Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion
Read by Betsie Bush
Imogen Clark
In addition to being amusing, recipes written in a poetic form were easy to remember and used as learning tools for the young housekeeper. M…
A Deal With The Devil
Read by Angelique G. Campbell
Eden Phillpotts
A Deal with the Devil is a classic tale with a humorous twist. We find that on the night preceeding his 100th birthday Grandpapa, a cantanke…
The Place Beyond The Winds
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Harriet Theresa Comstock
Priscilla Glenn lives in Kenmore, a place which the Canadian Indians call "the in-place, the place beyond the winds". There are so…
In these days . . .
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Ebenezer Elliott
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of In these days . . . by Ebenezer Elliott. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 23rd…
The Briefless Barrister
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Godfrey Saxe
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Briefless Barrister by John Godfrey Saxe. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Jul…
My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's
Read by TriciaG
Marietta Holley
. . . a voice kept a sayin' inside of me, "Josiah Allen's wife, write a book givin' your views on the great subject of Wimmen's Rites.&…
The Poems and Some Satires of Andrew Marvell
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Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell is a man of many faces, in both poetry and politics. A master of the pastoral dialogue, he can equally well fire out a Juvena…
Mr. Mulliner Speaking
Read by Zach Hoyt
P. G. Wodehouse
Mr. Mulliner, the chief raconteur of the Angler's Rest, unbosoms himself of nine more stories concerning the doings of his relatives, slight…
Where There's a Will
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Minnie Waters has been running the Hope Spring health resort for many years with her father, Doctor Waters, when he suddenly passes away. T…
But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Read by Jenn Broda
Anita Loos
In this sequel to “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, Lorelei starts to write a book in order to document her and Dorothy’s further adventures. Whil…