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Chapter 25 A Fashion Item
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
In Sketches New and Old
This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1882. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the or…
Chapter 11 Part 1
Read by Carol Pelster
P. G. Wodehouse
In Bill the Conqueror
Hailed as one of the funniest writers of the 20th century, P. G. Wodehouse cheerfully radiates humor that is both sophisticated and popular.…
In an Omnibus
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
In Voces Populi
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 pi…
In Dry Toronto
Read by Debra Lynn
Stephen Leacock
In Frenzied Fiction
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 o…
The Three Infernal Jokes
Read by Matt Braymiller
Lord Dunsany
In Tales of Wonder
The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fanta…
Publisher's Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Palmer Cox
In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…
Chapter IX
Read by Jan Moorehouse
Kate Sanborn
In The Wit of Women
It is refreshing to find an unworked field all ready for harvesting.While the wit of men, as a subject for admiration and discussion, is now…
Chapter 5, Part II: Home Notes
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
In The Sunny Side (Version 2)
A. A. Milne is best known for his creation of the perennially popular Winnie the Pooh, though he was and is highly acclaimed for hundreds of…
The Silly Syclopedia
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Noah Lott and George V. Hobart
A Terrible Thing in the Form of a Literary Torpedo which is Launched for HILARIOUS PURPOSES ONLY Inaccurate in Every Particular Containing C…
X. THE KEENEST SENSE OF HUMOR
Read by John
Robert G. Ingersoll
In Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, …
Col. Ingersoll begins his popular lecture series on famous persons as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and …
Editor's Introduction
Read by David Lawrence
Andrew Lang and Walter Herries Pollock and Andrew Lang
In He
This book is a parody of the famous swashbuckling novel, She, by H. Rider Haggard. (summary by Neeru Iyer)You will not think, therefore, tha…
Humoristen
Read by Ans Wink
Hildebrand and Nicolaas Beets
In Camera Obscura
De Camera Obscura is een verzameling verhalen en beschouwingen van Hildebrand, pseudoniem voor Nicolaas Beets. "De Camera", zoals …
American Humour
Read by Greg Giordano
Andrew Lang
In Lost Leaders
Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…
Chapter 2
Read by Anthony Orr
Henry James
In The Third Person
The Third Person is an amusing spoof on spooking. The 'ghostly man about the house' in whom two increasingly competitive maiden ladies come …