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Ellis Parker Butler Short Story Collection, Vol 1 - Ellis Parker BUTLER
Ellis Parker Butler Short Story Collection, Vol 1 - Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Author: Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Ellis Parker Butler was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays. These are eight of his humorous short stories about life. - Summary by KirksVoice...
Mince Pie - Christopher Morley
Mince Pie - Christopher Morley
- Author: Christopher Morley
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: "If one asks what excuse there can be for prolonging the existence of these trifles, my answer is that there is...
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3) - Mark Twain
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
This was the last story published by Twain, a few months before he died. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long cosmic journey to heaven. It deals with the obsession of souls with the "celebrities" of heaven, like Adam and...
The Pirates of Penzance - W. S. Gilbert
The Pirates of Penzance - W. S. Gilbert
- Author: W. S. Gilbert
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Romance / *Non-fiction
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band...
Officer 666 - Barton Wood CURRIE
Officer 666 - Barton Wood CURRIE
- Author: Barton Wood CURRIE
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Detective Fiction
Bored with his life as a wealthy businessman's only son, Travers Gladwin learns of a plot by a renowned art burglar to rob his house, so rather than thwart the planned burglary, he borrows a police uniform from a friend and decides to confront the...
Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels - Stephen Leacock
Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody gives away it's genre: Soaked in Seaweed or, Upset in the Ocean; Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective...
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 08 - Various
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 08 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the eighth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)...
Oh, Money! Money! - Eleanor H. Porter
Oh, Money! Money! - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Mr. Stanley Fulton is worth millions, but he has no one to leave his money to except some unknown distant cousins. In order to find out how they would handle a fortune, he decides to give each of them $100,000 dollars during his life, and go –...
How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion - George Wilbur Peck
How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion - George Wilbur Peck
- Author: George Wilbur Peck
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Humorous Fiction
A series of U.S. Civil War adventures or incidents experienced and enhanced (or created) by humorist George W. Peck. Peck was at times a writer, newspaper publisher and politician. He had a wry sense of humor and sympathy for underdogs. ( Arnold...
Shakspere: Personal Recollections - John A. JOYCE
Shakspere: Personal Recollections - John A. JOYCE
- Author: John A. JOYCE
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling Shakespeare's life, adventures, speeches, and impromptu bursts of poetry. (Summary by Tricia G.)...
Voces Populi - F. Anstey
Voces Populi - F. Anstey
- Author: F. Anstey
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pieces for Punch and humorous novels. Voces Populi, a collection of his Punch pieces, is considered to be among...
The Hunting of the Snark (version 2) - Lewis Carroll
The Hunting of the Snark (version 2) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Poetry
The Hunting of the Snark is a long nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll describing the adventures of ten weirdly assorted characters as they pursue an elusive creature known as a snark. (Summary by Shawn Craig Smith)...
Cobb's Anatomy - Irvin S. Cobb
Cobb's Anatomy - Irvin S. Cobb
- Author: Irvin S. Cobb
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was born on June 23, 1876. At seventeen years of age, he began writing for the Paducah Daily News, his hometown paper. At nineteen he became the managing editor; up to that point, our nation's youngest. He worked as a...
An Outback Marriage - Andrew Barton Paterson
An Outback Marriage - Andrew Barton Paterson
- Author: Andrew Barton Paterson
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
A ROLLICKING YARN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN LEGENDBanjo Paterson is our best known and most loved bush poet. Less well known, but no less captivating, are his warm and funny novels about Australian life. An Outback Marriage tells of a young Englishman on a...
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 04 - Various
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 04 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Poetry / Satire
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fourth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)...
On Our Selection - Steele RUDD
On Our Selection - Steele RUDD
- Author: Steele RUDD
- Genre: Family Life / Humorous Fiction
The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wilderness in spite of fire, famine, snakebite, and a loony hired hand. - Summary by Son of the Exiles...
The King of Schnorrers - Israel Zangwill
The King of Schnorrers - Israel Zangwill
- Author: Israel Zangwill
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction
Manasseh da Costa, protagonist of this hilarious novel, is a schnorrer (beggar) who lives on the charitable contributions of the Jews of late 18th-century London. Manasseh is far from being a humble panhandler for, as every schnorrer knows,...
J. Poindexter, Colored - Irvin S. Cobb
J. Poindexter, Colored - Irvin S. Cobb
- Author: Irvin S. Cobb
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
This comic novel relates the first-person adventures in New York City of Jefferson Poindexter, personal assistant to Cobb's famous Judge Priest, while the judge is vacationing abroad. (Introduction by Grant Hurlock)...
The Hoosier Schoolmaster - Edward EGGLESTON
The Hoosier Schoolmaster - Edward EGGLESTON
- Author: Edward EGGLESTON
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
"Want to be a school-master, do you? You? Well, what would you do in Flat Crick deestrick, I'd like to know? Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes. You might teach a summer school, when nothin' but...
The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter - Henri MURGER
The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter - Henri MURGER
- Author: Henri MURGER
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Literary Fiction
As much as any other work of literature, Henri Murger’s 1851 collection of witty sketches Scènes de la vie de bohème shaped the later romanticized image of the bohemian artist: independent, insouciant, exuberantly lustful, devoted to Art for Art’s...
Idle Ideas in 1905 - Jerome K. Jerome
Idle Ideas in 1905 - Jerome K. Jerome
- Author: Jerome K. Jerome
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Back in 1905 Jerome K. Jerome shared his thoughts on a variety of subjects, including "Should Women Be Beautiful?", "Should Soldiers Be Polite?" and "Is The American Husband Made Entirely Of Stained Glass?". Each subject is analysed and commented on...
Tea-table Talk - Jerome K. Jerome
Tea-table Talk - Jerome K. Jerome
- Author: Jerome K. Jerome
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Published 1900 onward
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 glittering sort Mr. Jerome employs in some of his other books." It takes the form of imaginary conversations between the...
The Cheerful Smugglers - Ellis Parker BUTLER
The Cheerful Smugglers - Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Author: Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Saving for the baby's education: how can a young family be disciplined so as to regularly put money in the pig (bank)? Why, put a tariff on all items coming into the house, just like the U.S. Government does/did for items coming into the country!...
There is a Tavern in the Town - James STEPHENS
There is a Tavern in the Town - James STEPHENS
- Author: James STEPHENS
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
The soul of Irish wit is captured in this unique tale of a barstool philosopher, the concluding story from 'Here Are Ladies' by James Stephens. (Introduction by iremonger)...
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07 - Various
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Anthologies
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the seventh volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)...
Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics (based on phonetician Henry Sweet), who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he...
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays - Mark Twain
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, and finishes with a trip that proves life-changing. - Summary by Claudia Salto...
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 2 - Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 2 - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire / Short Stories
This second collection of essays by Mark Twain is a good example of the diversity of subject matter about which he wrote. As with the essays in Volume 1, many first appeared alone, in magazines or newspapers, before being printed as chapters of his...
Cape Cod Stories - Joseph Crosby LINCOLN
Cape Cod Stories - Joseph Crosby LINCOLN
- Author: Joseph Crosby LINCOLN
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories / Single Author Collections
This book (eleven short stories) was also published under the title of “The Old Home House”. Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincoln's work...
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven - Mark Twain
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story follows Captain Stormfield on his extremely long cosmic journey to heaven, his accidental misplacement, his short-lived...
Abe and Mawruss: Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter - Montague GLASS
Abe and Mawruss: Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter - Montague GLASS
- Author: Montague GLASS
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Montague Glass was a lawyer who eventually abandoned the practice of law to write full time. He wrote a series of stories in the New York Post about a pair of popular characters in the predominantly Jewish garment trade. Many of the plots were...
Behind the Beyond - Stephen Leacock
Behind the Beyond - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
A collection containing a parody on Problem Plays, as well as humorous anecdotes from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG) Cast for Section 1: Narrator/Stage Directions – Tricia G Sir John – Algy Pug Lady Cecily – Liberty Stump...
Frenzied Fiction - Stephen Leacock
Frenzied Fiction - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
From the cave man to Santa Claus; spies, know-it-alls, and journalists: all are fair game for Leacock’s special brand of humor. He touches on the changes time has brought about in the city, education, and work habits. Among the other topics in this...
The Mystery (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006) - LIBRIVOX VOLUNTEERS
The Mystery (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006) - LIBRIVOX VOLUNTEERS
- Author: LIBRIVOX VOLUNTEERS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The idea was to write a whole novel in the month of November, based on the guidelines of the National Novel Writing Month. The twist is that there are up to 30 people writing together, instead of one toiling alone. Each writer signed up to do one...
A Dash for a Throne - Arthur W. MARCHMONT
A Dash for a Throne - Arthur W. MARCHMONT
- Author: Arthur W. MARCHMONT
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The young Count von Rudloff got himself into so much trouble with the Imperial Family in Berlin, that he sees no other way out of it than to fake his own death. Stumbling through different identities, he finally assumes - quite against his will -...
Chapters from my Autobiography - Mark Twain
Chapters from my Autobiography - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He originally planned to have his memoirs published only after his death but realized, once he’d passed his 70th...
Yollop - George Barr McCutcheon
Yollop - George Barr McCutcheon
- Author: George Barr McCutcheon
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Satire
Mr. Crittenden Yollop makes friends with the man who came to burglarize his home and sets out to help him return to where he really wants to be...prison. This humorous satire takes a somewhat different look at prisons, criminals, the law and...
Shorty McCabe - Sewell FORD
Shorty McCabe - Sewell FORD
- Author: Sewell FORD
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Yes, it's been a couple of years since I quit the ring. . . . I slid into a quiet corner for a month or so, and then I dropped into the only thing I knew how to do, trainin' comers to go against the champs. It ain't like pullin' down your sixty per...
Further Foolishness - Stephen Leacock
Further Foolishness - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Essays & Short Works / Humor
Seventeen goofy stories and essays by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than any other living author. One may say he is one of the greatest jesters, the greatest humorist of the...
Eliza - Barry Pain
Eliza - Barry Pain
- Author: Barry Pain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of anecdotes following the life of the main character and his wife, Eliza. Full summary to follow. (Summary by Nigel Boydell)...
