Humor
- Witty Social Satire
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Witty Essays and Observations
- Classic Radio Comedies
- Humorous Dramas and Comedies
Write it Right
Witty, opinionated alphabetical examples of what Bierce considered poor (American) English and advice on alternatives - entertaining, though…
Kashtanka
"Kashtanka," a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its…
Hero and Leander
Two young people, the epitome of young masculine and feminine beauty, fall in love at first sight, but their union is forbidden by the tyran…
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at en…
The Sunny Side
The Sunny Side is a collection of short stories and essays by A. A. Milne. Though Milne is best known for his classic children's books, espe…
The Knights of Arthur
Pohl takes us into the future in this quirky and funny story, where the population of the United States is less than 10,000 people ... tota…
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets
A selection of nonsense poems, songs (not sung!), stories, and miscellaneous strangeness. The work includes the "Owl and the Pussycat&q…
I've Come to Stay
An iconoclast in many fields herself, Mary Heaton Vorse was fascinated with Bohemia, the colorful unboundaried land of poets and artists and…
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's sharp and witty short story, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, we meet Bernice, a young woman whose beauty is overshadowed by …
The Girls of Gardenville
Step into the charming world of Gardenville, where a lively group of girls navigates the joys and challenges of adolescence. In "The Gi…
Four Dog Riot
Four smart kids. One busy town.
Bowie Brown plays guitar - and uses it as an assault weapon. Mimi Bucher lives in a secret bedroom in a …
Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are
Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are is a delightful collection of essays that captures the humor and charm of early twentieth-century life thro…
How to Tell a Story
In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, an…
Comic History of England
Comic History of England offers a humorous take on the rich tapestry of English history, as seen through the eyes of the witty Bill Nye. Thi…
Three Men on the Bummel
Our Friends from Three Men in a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog, are back. In this funny sequel to Three Men in a Boat J., George, and Harri…
Marriage
"Love!--A word by superstition thought a God; by use turned to an humour; by self-will made a flattering madness." - Alexander and…
An Amiable Charlatan
An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…
Make Mine Homogenized
Widowed cattle rancher Hetty Thompson had done all right for herself since Big Jim’s death. She had Barney, a loyal if dim-witted ranch hand…
The Art of Kissing
The Art of Kissing by Will Rossiter explores the rich history and cultural significance of one of humanity's most universal expressions of a…
Leben und Taten des scharfsinnigen Edlen Don Quixote von la Mancha
Genauso farbenfroh, lebensklug, amüsant und mitreißend wie zu seiner Enstehungszeit wirken die zeitlosen Abenteuer des selbsterna…