Humor (Fiction)
Cuentos del Oeste
Read by Victor Villarraza
Bret Harte
Bret Harte ha sido llamado con razón «el Dickens de los pioneros»: ilustrando con humor y sentimiento el coraje y la virt…
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Mark Twain
A book of short stories and humorous anecdotes by Mark Twain, published together in 1906. (Summary by Tricia G)
Gulliver’s Reizen
Read by Bart de Leeuw
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's reizen is een satirisch boek uit 1726 van de Ierse schrijver Jonathan Swift. Het oorspronkelijke boek bevatte vier reisbeschrijvi…
Brewster's Millions (Version 2)
Read by TriciaG
George Barr Mccutcheon
Montgomery Brewster inherits a large sum of money. Then he learns he's to inherit 7 times as much! But there's a catch: he has to spend ever…
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (Dramatic Reading)
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Henry Fielding
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, or simply Shamela, as it is more commonly known, is a satirical novel written by Henry Fiel…
Rootabaga Stories
Read by Betsie Bush
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg is beloved by generations of children for his Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons (which is not in the public domain), a s…
Rudder Grange
Read by Sibella Denton
Frank R. Stockton
This book presents a number of short, comedic sketches of a country life in middle America in the late 1800s. The hilarious twists and turns…
The Old Maids' Club
Read by TriciaG
Israel Zangwill
Mathematics vs. poetry: Brainy and beautiful 17-year-old Lillie, determined to never marry, begins an Old Maids' Club, while patient young L…
On A Donkey's Hurricane Deck
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Robert Pitcher Woodward
" A Tempestous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours - startin…
Excuse Me! (Dramatic Reading)
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Rupert Hughes
What happens when a mix of lovers get stuck together on a coast-to-coast train? Mainly hilarity. There is every kind of couple imaginable. O…
The Dragon of Wantley
Read by D. A. Frank
Owen Wister
The "true" story of the Wantley Dragon. Set at Christmas time, it is a tale of a Baron, his daughter, a brave knight, True Love, a…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01
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H. G. Wells
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors…
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
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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…
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 2)
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Mark Twain
In the afterlife grizzled sea captain Eli Stormfield finds himself piloting a ship to heaven. Despite a detour and some navigation errors he…
Idle Ideas in 1905
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Jerome K. Jerome
Back in 1905 Jerome K. Jerome shared his thoughts on a variety of subjects, including "Should Women Be Beautiful?", "Should S…
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Edward Lear
A selection of nonsense poems, songs (not sung!), stories, and miscellaneous strangeness. The work includes the "Owl and the Pussycat&q…
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
Frenzied Fiction
Read by Debra Lynn
Stephen Leacock
From the cave man to Santa Claus; spies, know-it-alls, and journalists: all are fair game for Leacock’s special brand of humor. He touches o…
On Our Selection
Read by Son of the Exiles
Steele Rudd
The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wild…
Short Story Collection Vol. 043
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 043: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.