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Grimm Tales Made Gay

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Guy Wetmore Carryl


A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each ending with a moral and full of puns. The titles of the tal…

Short Stories (Version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Fyodor Dostoyevsky


This is a collection of short stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Dostoevsky), who is arguably better-known for his lengthy, contemplativ…

A Prefect's Uncle

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P. G. Wodehouse


The action of the novel takes place at the fictional "Beckford College", a private school for boys; the title alludes to the arriv…

Kashtanka

Read by Grant Hurlock


Anton Chekhov


"Kashtanka," a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its…

Flood Tide

Read by Roger Melin


Sara Ware Bassett


Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on …

The Chaucer Storybook

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Geoffrey Chaucer and Eva March Tappan


Geoffrey Chaucer's classic "Canterbury Tales" has here been rendered into clear and contemporary English prose. These classic stor…

Reginald

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Saki


Saki (December 18, 1870 - November 14, 1916) was the pen name of the British author Hector Hugh Munro. His witty, biting and occasionally od…

The Inspector-General

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol


The Governor and Officials of a small provincial town in Russia are worried. They have received word that a Government Inspector is on his w…

Brewster's Millions

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


George Barr Mccutcheon


The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend eve…

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

Read by Kevin LaVergne


Mark Twain


"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story fol…

Obras Clásicas españolas y extranjeras

Read by Victor Villarraza


Francisco De Quevedo


Esta recopilación se publicó en 1865 bajo el nombre de Obras clásicas y en ella se incluye: El marido engañado d…

Miss Marjoribanks

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Margaret O. Oliphant


One of the so-called "Chronicles of Carlingford", of which there were two short stories and five novels written from 1861 to 1876 …

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Read by Phil Chenevert


Mark Twain


Mark Twain wrote these two diaries, or rather as he insists, 'translated them from the original manuscripts', late in his writing career. T…

The Curious Quest

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


E. Phillips Oppenheim


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 …

Snarleyyow

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Frederick Marryat


This is a quite amusing nautical tale of the British Navy of the around the year 1700. While, as with much early 'humor', it is somewhat h…

Fables in Slang

Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)


George Ade


While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables i…

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


This was the last story published by Twain, a few months before he died. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long co…

More Goops and How Not to Be Them

Read by Mark F. Smith


Frank Gelett Burgess


Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s c…

Святочные рассказы

Read by Mark Chulsky


Nikolai Leskov


Николай Семёнович Лесков, русский писатель и публицист, из-за своих оригинальных и принципиальных взглядов был не принят по достоинству в ли…

Perfect Behavior

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Donald Ogden Stewart


A humorous guide to manners and etiquette for ladies and gentlemen in a social "crises," published in 1922. (Introduction by Saman…

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