Humorous Fiction
339 books
Humorous Fiction
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Stephen Leacock - Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels
8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody gives away it's genre: Soaked in Seaweed or, Upset in the Ocean; Maddened...
2 hours 49 minutes
Humorous Fiction
495
Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus & Friends
Uncle Remus, that genial old storyteller, knows how to spin these wonderful tales about the 'criteers' that the little 6 year old boy (and many of us adults!) love to listen to. Yet the 'Brer Rabbit and 'Brer Fox and...
1 hour 43 minutes
Humorous Fiction
476
George William Foote - Satires and Profanities
«Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought, I take a natural pride and pleasure in rescuing the following articles from...
7 hours 22 minutes
General Fiction
482
John Kendrick Bangs - Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I...
3 hours 3 minutes
Humorous Fiction
484
G. K. Chesterton - Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton
This little volume, issued as a gift book for lovers of Mr. Chesterton's writings in 1911, is made up from essays to be found in «The Defandant», «Varied Types» and «Tremendous Trifles». These 12 pieces were chosen to...
2 hours 10 minutes
