Humor
Satires and Profanities
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George William Foote
"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)
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Stephen Leacock
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be on…
Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories
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Cal Stewart
A collection of comedic short stories from the perspective of an old country man. (Summary by Philip Martin)
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Andrew Lang
This book is a parody of the famous swashbuckling novel, She, by H. Rider Haggard. (summary by Neeru Iyer)You will not think, therefore, tha…
Lines on The Mermaid Tavern
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John Keats
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Lines on The Mermaid Tavern by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August…
Never: A Handbook For The Uninitiated And Inexperienced Aspirants To Refined Society's Giddy Heights And Glittering Attainments
Read by David Wales
Nathan Dane Urner
An 1883 tongue-in-cheek spoof of manners and mannerisms of “society”. ‘the “Open Sesame” to that jealously-guarded realm,—good society,—in …
The Little Star
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Unknown
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Little Star, author unknown, which parodies the previous week's children's favourite The …
Vida vertiginosa
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João Do Rio
Vida vertiginosa é uma coletânea de crônicas de João do Rio, autor conhecido por seus retratos da vida carioca na …
Shakspere: Personal Recollections
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John A. Joyce
A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling…
Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms
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Heywood Broun
This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, suc…
Out of the Bag and Other Quirky Short Stories
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Deborah Ochery
Five humorous short stories make up this collection by the authors of XC Publishing.net. Here you’ll find a quirky mix of romance, science f…
Hunting Elf
Read by Dave Donelson
Dave Donelson
A puppy for Christmas! What could be better? Dan McCoy and his capable wife June find out when Santa gives them a frolicsome hairball named …
Behind the Beyond
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Stephen Leacock
A collection containing a parody on Problem Plays, as well as humorous anecdotes from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia…
The Ghosts' High Noon
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W. S. Gilbert
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Ghosts' High Noon by W. S. Gilbert. This was the Weekly Poetry HALLOWE'EN project for Oct…
Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
Read by Jim Nolan
Jim Nolan
Shag carpeting, talking dogs, grizzly bears and Emilio Pucci commercials. Jim Nolan has encountered them all and survived. These stories, m…