Humor
- Witty Social Satire
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Witty Essays and Observations
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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…
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 …
Irish Wit and Humor
Excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th ce…
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…
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…
Deep Thoughts
Short-form Humor from the mind of Michael R. Mennenga. Editorial on daily life and the human condition.
The Female Quixote
The Female Quixote is a witty and insightful novel that turns the conventions of romance on their head. In this clever inversion of Cervante…
Lustige Geschichten
Humor, Ironie und leise Melancholie mischen sich in den Werken des großen Erzählers und Meisters der Kurzgeschichte Anton Pawlowi…
In Our Convent Days
With her usual wit and charm, Ms. Repplier recalls her days at Eden Hall, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, north of Philadelph…
Sketches Of The Fair Sex
Sketches of the fair sex, in all parts of the world. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the …
Emma
Sherry reads Jane Austen’s sparkling comedy of manners with wit and vivacity, and brings the characters to life. Mr. Woodhouse worries and f…
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Dime-store novelist William Magee has gone to Baldpate Inn to do a little soul-searching in an attempt to write a serious work. Thinking he …
Fables in Slang
While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables i…
Only a Ghost!
Baring-Gould's humorous observations on the various Christian sects to be found in "the most learned church in the most religious count…
The Song Against Songs
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song Against Songs by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Octobe…
Two Poe Tales
Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his famous short horror stories; however, horror is not the only genre in which he wrote. How To Write a B…
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…
A Dog's Tale
This short novel of Twain’s, from 1903, is told from the point of view of a loyal and beloved family pet. Themes of heroics, valor and heart…
Northanger Abbey
If it is a truth universally acknowledged that a good-looking girl cannot fail of attracting a clever young man does it follow that the reve…