Humor
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 4)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade), often shortened to Huck Finn, is a novel written by Mark Twain and published in 1884.…
Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing
Read by Ruth Golding
Arnold Bennett
Bennett's essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips. Human nature, it appears, changes little over the ages, …
Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland
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Lewis Carroll
Die Titelheldin Alice wird während eines langweiligen Picknicks mit ihrer Schwester auf ein weißes Kaninchen aufmerksam, dem sie …
Selected Short Stories
Read by Mike Harris
P. G. Wodehouse
A miscellaneous collection of short stories, not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters, most concern love and romance and, being W…
Münchhausen
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Gottfried August Bürger
Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande - Feldzüge und lustige Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen,wie er dieselben bei der F…
The Awful German Language
Read by Rainer
Mark Twain
If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix…
Coffee Break Collection 001 - Humor
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P. G. Wodehouse
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Emphasis f…
The Idiot
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
John Kendrick Bangs
The Idiot is anything but, yet his fellow boarders at Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog’s home for single gentlemen see him as such. His brand of creati…
What's Wrong With the World
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G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the “prince of paradox.” Time magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possibl…
Three Men and a Maid
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
P. G. Wodehouse
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…
A Damsel in Distress
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P. G. Wodehouse
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 …
Lady Susan
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the …
Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts
Read by Phil Chenevert
Bill Nye
Bill Nye was a famous American humor columnist in the middle 1800's. He said "We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willi…
A Man of Means
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
P. G. Wodehouse
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…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of…
The Adventures of Sally
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
P. G. Wodehouse
This romantic comedy stars a young American girl named Sally, who inherits a considerable fortune and finds her life turned upside down. The…
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
Read by Michael Yard
P. G. Wodehouse
The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on …
Irish Wit and Humor
Read by James E. Carson
Various
Excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th ce…
Indiscretions of Archie
Read by Mark Nelson
P. G. Wodehouse
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 …
Just So Stories (version 2)
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Rudyard Kipling
The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So S…