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Bill the Conqueror - P. G. Wodehouse


Bill the Conqueror - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Hailed as one of the funniest writers of the 20th century, P. G. Wodehouse cheerfully radiates humor that is both sophisticated and popular. In Bill the Conqueror, Wodehouse creates an array of entertaining characters who gallop around England and...
The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns - Harold Ashton


The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns - Harold Ashton
- Author: Harold Ashton
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Harold Ashton was the War Correspondent of The Daily News during the First World War and reported extensively on the British army’s involvement in the conflict. Whether working alongside the British troops that were fighting on the frontline or in...
Tales of St. Austin's - P. G. Wodehouse


Tales of St. Austin's - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Early short stories from Wodehouse focusing on life at St. Austin's, a fictional English public school. Also, Included are four humorous essays. - Summary by KevinS...
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol 1, No. 11, August, 1920 - W. H. Fawcett


Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol 1, No. 11, August, 1920 - W. H. Fawcett
- Author: W. H. Fawcett
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packed with jokes, quips, and humorous bits of writing. Each year it grew in popularity, and Fawcett’s success lead to the...
Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture - Palmer Cox


Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture - Palmer Cox
- Author: Palmer Cox
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Single author
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short prose vignettes. From the publisher's preface, "thrice happy is the man who, having seen, can tell the fun; and having...
The Tale of Paddy Muskrat - Arthur Scott Bailey


The Tale of Paddy Muskrat - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Animals & Nature / Family
Enter Pleasant Valley, the home of the interesting and entertaining creatures and adventures born of American author Arthur Scott Bailey. The Tale of Paddy Muskrat is one of many works penned by Bailey that are part of his Sleep-Time Tales set...
Ruggles of Red Gap - Harry Leon WILSON


Ruggles of Red Gap - Harry Leon WILSON
- Author: Harry Leon WILSON
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
A stuffy class-conscious gentleman's valet is transplanted to the rough uncivilized American northwest, where the rubes and social climbers are duly impressed with his manners and style. Will the American freedom rub off on the Englishman, or will...
Old New York - Edith Wharton


Old New York - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Old New York (1924) is a collection of four novellas (False Dawn; The Old Maid; The Spark; New Year's Day) by Edith Wharton, revolving around upper-class New York City society in the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s. - Summary from Wikipedia...
Zuleika Dobson - Max BEERBOHM


Zuleika Dobson - Max BEERBOHM
- Author: Max BEERBOHM
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
A wickedly funny 1911 satire on undergraduate life in Edwardian Oxford' in which the entire student body of Oxford university including the young, handsome aristocrat the Duke of Dorset falls hopelessly in love with Zuleika who is visiting her...
Antic Hay - Aldous Huxley


Antic Hay - Aldous Huxley
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Literary Fiction
The epigram to this work from Christoher Marlowe applies to the plot of this story: "My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns / Shall with their goat-feet dance the antic hay." The plot follows Huxley and his cohorts in a search for meaning and hope...
O. Henryana - O. Henry


O. Henryana - O. Henry
- Author: O. Henry
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
A book of poems and short stories. - Summary by Fritz...
A Gentleman of Leisure - P. G. Wodehouse


A Gentleman of Leisure - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
A wealthy, love-sick bachelor, crooks, and card-sharps ensconced in an English castle make for a classic Wodehousian comedy of star-crossed lovers, imposters and stolen jewels. It all gets a bit thick, what? - Summary by Mark Nelson...
Bealby; A Holiday - H. G. Wells


Bealby; A Holiday - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Bealby is the comical story of the escapade of a thirteen-year-old boy when he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the great house of an estate named Shonts (his stepfather, Mr. Darling, is a gardener there) and flees—not,...
Ghetto Comedies - Israel Zangwill


Ghetto Comedies - Israel Zangwill
- Author: Israel Zangwill
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
A series of tales, poignant as well as comic, set in the Jewish East End of London by the writer known as the "Dickens of the ghetto" - Summary by Anthony Ogus...
The Curious Quest - E. Phillips Oppenheim


The Curious Quest - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
A sweet, simple tale of how friendship and honesty triumph over money. The protagonist’s pun of a name—Ernest Bliss—foreshadows the plot in which this bored young millionaire transforms his indolent self and finds love. Typical of its era (1919),...
The Crock of Gold - James STEPHENS


The Crock of Gold - James STEPHENS
- Author: James STEPHENS
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Humorous Fiction
This is a comic novel written by Irish author James Stephens, a quick-witted storyteller whose pantheistic philosophy is revealed in his adult Irish fairy tales. His first novel, The Charwoman's Daughter (1911), humorously examines the life and...
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 28, December, 1921 - W. H. Fawcett


Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 28, December, 1921 - W. H. Fawcett
- Author: W. H. Fawcett
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of American wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue is packed with jokes, quips, and humorous bits of writing. Each year it grew in popularity, and Fawcett’s success lead...
The Pothunters - P. G. Wodehouse


The Pothunters - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
The Pothunters was popular British humorist P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse's first published book. It tells the first of what would become a number of tales set in a fictitious English public school, and already shows the author's masterful,...
Our Street - William Makepeace Thackeray


Our Street - William Makepeace Thackeray
- Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Written as an autobiographical sketch of a Mr. M.A. Titmarsh, Our Street is a tongue-in-cheek look at English society and the characters who live in the street where he finds himself. It is the second of five "Christmas Books" written by Thackeray...
Ukridge - P. G. Wodehouse


Ukridge - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
“Do not count your chickens before they are hatched” is a classic saying that might well have been remembered by Ukridge. Ukridge is always on the verge of making a fortune and counting his thousands before they are made. But Dame Fortune is a...