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The Charwoman's Daughter

Read by Michele Fry


James Stephens


A humorous tale about a poor Irish charwoman living in the slums of Dublin, and her innocent teenage daughter, Mary Makebelieve, whose first…

Half-Hours with the Idiot

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John Kendrick Bangs


Mr Idiot returns with his opinions on a number of diverse topics, including women, taxation, and international diplomacy. As always, the Idi…

Still - William

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Richmal Crompton


More humorous adventures (1925) by the world’s most misunderstood English boy. - Summary by david wales

Bill Nye's Cordwood

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Bill Nye


From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at ever…

Europe and Elsewhere

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


This collection of articles came from Mark Twain's travels and experiences abroad. While many had been previously published, there also were…

Jim of the Hills - A Story in Rhyme

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C. J. Dennis


Jim, an axe-man for a sawmill, who is a hard-knuckled, two-fisted fighting man when he has to be, but is shy around women, longs to find a w…

Amoretti: A sonnet sequence

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Edmund Spenser


The Amoretti (meaning little love poems) is a sequence of 89 sonnets written in the tradition of the Petrarchan sonnets, a popular form for …

The Giant's Robe

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F. Anstey


Mark Ashburn is a young teacher at St. Peter's Public School for boys, although he isn't particularly fond of boys. His dream is to make his…

The Bachelors' Club

Read by Keith Salis


Israel Zangwill


The Bachelors' Club is a sanctuary for an elite group of London's unmarried men to gather. To qualify as a Bachelor, each had to undergo a s…

Laughable Lyrics

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Edward Lear


Hilarious, fantastic poems that I enjoyed reading to my two sons when they were little. Now I'd like to read them for anyone's children to e…

Bizarre

Read by Nick Bulka


Lawton Mackall


A series of essays offering a humorous look at commonplace items and occurrences. (Summary by Nick Bulka)

Beasley's Christmas Party

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Booth Tarkington


A melodramatic folksy Christmas story, a little like Dickens - with a Tiny Tim, but also with some romance. Tarkington's writings are very m…

Cuentos festivos para niños menores de 50 años

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Juan Pérez Zúñiga


Recopilación de historias breves muy divertidas, absurdas y disparatadas del gran Juan Pérez Zúñiga, uno de los …

A Visit From Saint Nicholas

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Clement Clarke Moore


LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. More commonly known today as 'Twas the N…

Grandma's Prayer

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Eugene Field


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Grandma's Prayer by Eugene Field . This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 4, 2011.E…

And Even Now

Read by Kirsten Wever


Max Beerbohm


This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such notables as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Sh…

Brittains Ida or Venus and Anchises

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Edmund Spenser


While hunting, the boy Anchises stumbles upon Venus's forest retreat and is so kindly entertained by the goddess that he becomes the proud f…

Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy

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Stephen Leacock


Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)

The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 09

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H. G. Wells


The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the ninth volume, 37 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 authors…

The Fortunes of Glencore

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Charles James Lever


Viscount Glencore has retreated to live alone with his son in Glencore castle after his wife deserted him claiming she did not love him. He …

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