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Arthur Bingham Walkley - Pastiche and Prejudice

Arthur Bingham Walkley was an exceedingly popular critic, working as a drama critic at The Times alone for no less than 26 years, and writing for several other newspapers and privately besides that. This book of...

Ulrike Denis and 21 more 8 hours 9 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

John Kendrick Bangs - From Pillar to Post

I could not let these random notes of a delightful experience go forth into the world without expressing in some way my deep appreciation of the valued services rendered me in my ten years of platform work by my...

Jeff Moon and 5 more 6 hours 23 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Mark Twain - Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews

This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and published by the University of Alabama Press. The interviews are in the...

John Greenman 37 hours 23 minutes

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Humor

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Washington Irving - Washington Irving's Visit to England

Famed American humorist Washington Irving published a series of short stories telling of his adventures traveling from America to England. This volume contains some of his observations about that trip, including his...

Greg Giordano 2 hours 32 minutes

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Humor

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Donald Ogden Stewart - Perfect Behavior (Version 2)

A humorous guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises. (Summary by MaryAnn)

MaryAnn and 3 more 3 hours 23 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Kenneth Grahame - Pagan Papers

We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered musings on the human condition...everything from loafing about and old book...

Will Cooper and 10 more 2 hours 28 minutes

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Lawton Mackall - Bizarre (version 2)

A series of humorous musings, short-length jokes, often concerning words and manners. — Summary by Edmund Bloxam

Edmund Bloxam 3 hours 11 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

Thomas Lansing Masson - Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1

Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes,...

Joe Selah and 21 more 4 hours 38 minutes

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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 3)

Humor

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Jerome K. Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 3)

A humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The three men are based on Jerome himself (the narrator J.) and two real-life friends, George...

Nick Bulka 6 hours 57 minutes

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Robert C. Benchley - Of All Things

A collection of amusing essays satirizing serious consideration of topics including natural history, social etiquette, or indeed, civilized behavior (especially of the upper classes). (Summary by Arnold Banner)

Melora and 1 more 4 hours 27 minutes

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Humor

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Bill Nye - Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts

Bill Nye was a famous American humor columnist in the middle 1800's. He said «We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves.» And he did exactly that in hundreds of newspaper...

Phil Chenevert 3 hours 34 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Mark Twain - Mark Twain's Journal Writings, Volume 1

Volume 1 contains these 12 essays: 1.) «Americans on a Visit to the Emperor of Russia.» 2.) «The Austrian Edison keeping school again» 3.) «The Canvasser's tale.» 4.) «The Czar's Soliloquy.» 5.) «English as She is...

John Greenman 2 hours 31 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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