Humor (Fiction)
La Contessa di Karolystria
Read by Riccardo Fasol
Antonio Ghislanzoni
Antonio Ghislanzoni, nato a Barco di Maggianico (Lecco) il 25 novembre 1824, è meglio noto come autore di numerosissimi libretti per …
Tartarin de Tarascon
Read by Ezwa
Alphonse Daudet
Qui n'a jamais entendu parler de Tartarin de Tarascon, le grand Tartarin, héros de Tarascon, chef des chasseurs de casquettes ?Alphon…
Pride and Prejudice: A Play
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Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, a comedy of manners and marriage, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. In this dramatic adaption by Mary Keith M…
The Awful German Language (version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
Mark Twain
This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, compl…
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
Read by Karlsson
Oskar Panizza
Auf einem Nürnberger Jahrmarkt wird in einem Wachsfigurenkabinett mit beweglichen mechanischen Figuren das »Leiden und Sterben un…
Aventures d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles
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Lewis Carroll
"Alice au Pays des Merveilles," publié originellement par Lewis Carroll en 1865 comme "Alice's Adventures in Wonderlan…
The Importance of Being Earnest (version 2)
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbe…
Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (version 2)
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…
Aphorisms
Read by Carl Manchester
Oscar Wilde
In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) published two collections of aphorisms: A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated, in the Sa…
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
Read by Sandra Cullum
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The story of three "middle aged ladies". Follow along as they have all sorts of adventures. - Summary by Sandra More Tish stories…
Kasperl in der Türkei
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Franz Graf Von Pocci
Franz Graf von Pocci, der „Kasperlgraf“ verfasste mehr als 40 Kasperlstücke für das Marionettentheater mit Themen aus der Mär…
The Princess
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Princess is a serio-comic blank verse narrative poem, written by Alfred Tennyson, published in 1847. The poem tells the story of an hero…
The Pickwick Papers (Version 2)
Read by Debra Lynn
Charles Dickens
A sportsman who doesn't hunt; a poet who doesn't write; a lover with no one to love; all three are devoted to their cheerful and benevolent …
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays
Read by Claudia Salto
Mark Twain
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, an…
Penrod
Read by Jonathan Burchard
Booth Tarkington
Join Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke, in a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis, chronicling his life, loves, a…
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 2)
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Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Th…
Die drei gerechten Kammmacher
Read by Karlsson
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Kellers Novelle "Die drei gerechten Kammmacher" (diese Schreibweise wurde in der Erstausgabe 1856 verwendet und gilt nac…
Helen's Babies
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
John Habberton
In this hilarious novel, Harry Burton, a bachelor white-goods salesman, goes to take care of his sister Helen's two little boys for ten days…
Ferien vom Ich
Read by Rebecca Braunert-Plunkett
Paul Keller
Rezept für eine leicht bekömmliche (Urlaubs-) Lektüre: Man nehme einen Arzt mit originellem Kur-Konzept, einen hiervon begeis…
The Coming of Bill (or: Their Mutual Child; or: The White Hope)
Read by Don W. Jenkins
P. G. Wodehouse
The Coming of Bill tells the story of Kirk Winfield, his marriage to Ruth, and their child called Bill. Bill's upbringing is threatened by t…