Humor

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Ray Clare 4.5
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…

The Inimitable Jeeves

by P. G. Wodehouse Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
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 …

The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens Read by Hamlet 4.7
Mr Pickwick, founder of the Pickwick Club, sets out with his three friends, Tupman, Snodgrass, and Winkle, to observe the world. They inten…

Our Mr. Wrenn

by Sinclair Lewis Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.5
"At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company. He was always bending over bills and columns of figures at…

Seventeen

by Booth Tarkington Read by Jonathan Burchard 4.5
Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family, Especially William is a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently sat…

The Bishop's Apron

by W. Somerset Maugham Read by Lee Smalley 4.5
"Canon Spratte saw himself as he thought others might see him: mediocre, pompous, self-assertive, verbose." Maugham could have add…

An Ideal Husband

by Oscar Wilde Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of pub…

Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.5
In Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories, Mark Twain showcases his signature wit and keen observation through a delightful collection of short stori…

Toppleton's Client

by John Kendrick Bangs Read by Cate Barratt 4.6
A pre-eminent legal firm gets far more than it bargained for when it hires the son of its late senior partner, Hopkins Toppleton, Sr., simpl…

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.6
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Published j…

Anne of Avonlea

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Following Anne of Green Gables, the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. Anne of Avonlea follows Anne from the age of…

I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon

by Richard Sabia Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
Poor Dolliver Wims is a terribly misunderstood teen age boy from the backwoods. Is he mean or evil? Quite the opposite: He does nothing wron…

Bullets & Billets

by Bruce Bairnsfather Read by DrPGould 4.7
A front-line view of life in the trenches of the Western Front in the early part of 1914-1915. Told by Lieutenant (later Captain) Bruce Bair…

Christmas at Thompson Hall

by Anthony Trollope Read by Arnold 4.4
In "Christmas at Thompson Hall," Anthony Trollope invites listeners into a charmingly chaotic holiday gathering where family dynam…

Doctor Ox's Experiment

by Jules Verne Read by Alan Winterrowd 4
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 Trimmed Lamp

by O. Henry Read by Marian Brown 4.2
Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henry’s birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pen name O. Henry while in prison. He…

The Chronicles of Clovis

by Saki Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Chronicles of Clovis brings together a delightful collection of short stories featuring the witty and mischievous Clovis Sangrail, a cha…

Short Story Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan D…

Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.

by Edith Œnone Somerville Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) 4.6
This is the first of three novels which Edith Somerville and her cousin Violet Martin wrote about the English Major Sinclair Yates who leave…

Love at Second Sight

by Ada Leverson Read by Helen Taylor 4.6
In the final instalment of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, three years have passed since Bruce and Edith's marriage was in danger of collapse.…

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