Humor
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The Curious Quest
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 …
Oh, Money! Money!
Mr. Stanley Fulton is worth millions, but he has no one to leave his money to except some unknown distant cousins. In order to find out how …
The Little Nugget
Mrs Nesta Ford, in her London hotel room, reveals to her new friend Lord Mountry that she hopes to take her son Ogden on a yachting trip pro…
Following the Equator
Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American autho…
The Intrusion of Jimmy
The action begins with playboy bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time bu…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court transports readers from 19th-century America to the legendary realm of Camelot, where the clash …
The Return of Alfred
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…
The Semi-Detached House
If you're a Jane Austen fan, you'll enjoy Emily Eden's comic novels of manners, The Semi-Detached House (1859) and The Semi-Attached Couple …
The Stainless Steel Rat
James Bolivar diGriz alias Slippery Jim alias The Stainless Steel Rat. Interstellar con man, crook and thief. Bane of the elite law enforcem…
A Tramp Abroad
A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by th…
Patricia Brent, spinster
A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because s…
A Man of Means
A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories written in collaboration by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. The stories all star Rolan…
The Adventures of Sally
This romantic comedy stars a young American girl named Sally, who inherits a considerable fortune and finds her life turned upside down. The…
Three Men and a Maid
This book with two titles, Three Men and a Maid in the USA and The Girl on the Boat in the UK is a typical PG Wodehouse romantic comedy, inv…
Indiscretions of Archie
It wasn't Archie's fault really. It's true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor …
Miss Billy
Mr. Neilson was determined to name his first child after his boyhood chum, William Henshaw. When the baby disappointed him by being a girl, …
The Benefactress
Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of…
Just William
William is a mischievous eleven year old who is puzzled by the adult world, which is no less puzzled by him. The humor is gentle and pleasin…
The Innocents Abroad
Writer/entertainer Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) on “The Innocents Abroad”: “…one of the best selling travel books of all time…
A Damsel in Distress
A Damsel in Distress is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.S. on October 4, 1919 by George H. Doran, New York, and in the …