Humor
- Witty Social Satire
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Witty Essays and Observations
- Classic Radio Comedies
- Humorous Dramas and Comedies
The Complete Interviews
This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and …
Mark Twain's Speeches
This collection of the 195 known, publicly-printed speeches of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Paul Fatout and publish…
The House of Cobwebs
George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced…
A Prefect's Uncle
The action of the novel takes place at the fictional "Beckford College", a private school for boys; the title alludes to the arriv…
Magical Clothes
This is the story of Verity, the child who dared to shout the truth of the Emperor’s New Clothes. Now all grown up, she is ready for a bawdy…
Mr Munchausen
The author has discovered for us in this volume the present stopping place of that famous raconteur of dear comic memory, the late Hieronymo…
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is a keenly observed exploration of love, class, and social expectations in early 19th-century England. At its heart is …
The Bialy Pimps
Life is good at Bingham's Bagel Deli. The loathed customers are dealt the poor treatment they seem to deserve, bad rap music is played loudl…
More Newspaper Articles
"More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain" fills in the gaps left by the first collection of newspaper articles: "Newspaper Arti…
Tea-table Talk
As the New York Times said in 1903, this lesser-known work by Jerome K. Jerome does not display "the wit of Congreve or even the glitte…
Utopia of Usurers
In Utopia of Usurers, G. K. Chesterton presents a sharp critique of capitalism, challenging the prevailing narratives that support it. With …
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…
The Swoop!
The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. I…
Uncle Remus & Friends
Uncle Remus, that genial old storyteller, knows how to spin these wonderful tales about the 'criteers' that the little 6 year old boy (and m…
You Know Me Al
Big, fat, dumb, lazy, vain, headstrong and cheap, Jack Keefe is a journeyman pitcher with the Chicago White Sox in the rowdy days of the Dea…
The Offshore Pirate
This is a long short story in 6 parts from Fitzgerald's 1920 short story collection, Flappers and Philosophers. It predates the screwball mo…
The Enchanted Typewriter
The Enchanted Typewriter is a collection of short stories by the American author John Kendrick Bangs, written in 1899 in the style that has …
Ruggles of Red Gap
A stuffy class-conscious gentleman's valet is transplanted to the rough uncivilized American northwest, where the rubes and social climbers …
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…
They and I
A man and his three children leave the “Little Mother” at home in the city and set up temporary housekeeping in a country cottage to supervi…