Humor (Fiction)

The Wrong Box

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Robert Louis Stevenson


The Wrong Box is a comedy about the ending of a tontine (a tontine is an arrangement whereby a number of young people subscribe to a fund wh…

Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

Read by Leni


Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis


Uma das mais famosas obras de um dos mais famosos autores da Literatura Brasileira, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas &ea…

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton


While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King sitting on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a horse: "Forward, my beau…

American Fairy Tales

Read by Matthew Reece


L. Frank Baum


This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stor…

Die Nase

Read by Herr_Klugbeisser


Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol


Dies ist die Geschichte eines Petersburger Beamten, dessen Nase davonläuft und ihr eigenes Leben entwickelt.

Miss Billy's Decision

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Eleanor H. Porter


When Miss Billy closed, Miss Billy and Bertram were happily engaged. In this first sequel to Miss Billy will the path to wedded bliss run sm…

The Inimitable Jeeves

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P. G. Wodehouse


When either Bertie Wooster or his friends found themselves in the soup or in dangerous proximity to the tureen, the instinct of one and all …

Told after Supper

Read by Ruth Golding


Jerome K. Jerome


It is Christmas Eve, and the narrator, his uncle and sundry other local characters are sitting round the fire drinking copious quantities of…

The Swoop!

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


P. G. Wodehouse


The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. I…

Not George Washington

Read by Debra Lynn


P. G. Wodehouse


It has been said that behind every successful man is a good woman. This is certainly true in the case of James Orlebar Cloyster. However, so…

Cranford (version 2)

Read by NoelBadrian


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gos…

Doctor Ox's Experiment

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Jules Verne


An early, light-hearted short story, published in 1872 by Jules Verne. It takes place in the Flemish town of Quiquendone, where life moves a…

The Return of Alfred

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


The hero of the book is at a loose end, weary and bored of his old life after returning from the Great War. After an argument with his uncle…

La Comédie Humaine: 05 - Scènes de la vie de province tome 1 (15-4-43)

Read by Bernard


Honoré de Balzac


Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…

The Black Moth (version 2)

Read by Terra Mendoza


Georgette Heyer


Jack Carstares, oldest son of the Earl Wyncham, has been disgraced by his brother. Gone for six years, living the life a highwayman he meets…

Roast Beef, Medium

Read by Phil Chenevert


Edna Ferber


This book follows the adventures of Emma McChesney, a smart and savvy divorced mother who travels the Midwest as a sales representative for …

Miss Mackenzie

Read by Kirsten Wever


Anthony Trollope


The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself wi…

Three Men on the Bummel

Read by Peter Yearsley


Jerome K. Jerome


Some time after "Three Men in a Boat", George, Harris and Jerome decided to go on a cycling holiday through Germany.This relaxed a…

The Proposal

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Anton Chekhov


The Proposal is a one act comic farce by Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's Russia, marriage was a means of economic stability for most people. The…

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 …

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