Humorous Fiction

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Epistolary Fiction

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Jane Austen - Lady Susan

Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan , which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the primary focus of this short novel is the selfish behavior of Lady...

2 hours 27 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

546

Mark Twain - Extracts from Adam's Diary

Get the true story of Adam and Eve, straight from the source. This humorous text is a day-to-day account of Adam’s life from happiness in the “GARDEN-OF-EDEN” to their fall from grace and the events thereafter. Learn...

Mr. Baby Man 24 minutes

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Children's Fiction

588

Frank Gelett Burgess - More Goops and How Not to Be Them

Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s child is! This perhaps was even more the case in 1903, when Gelett Burgess...

24 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

542

Mark Twain - Awful German Language

If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix D from Twain’s 1880 book A Tramp Abroad , this comedic gem outlines the...

Rainer 1 hour 3 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

655

P. G. Wodehouse - Right Ho, Jeeves

Bertram Wooster's manservant, Jeeves, is renown for his ability to apply his keen intellect to solve all problems domestic, and Bertie's friends and relatives flock to him for his counsel. But Wooster, jealous of...

Mark Nelson 7 hours 56 minutes

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Children's Fiction

500

Robert Williams Wood - How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers

How do you tell apart a parrot from a carrot? A plover from a clover? A bay from a jay? Although there are several ways of differentiating, R. W. Wood’s use of pun and rhyme is one of the most entertaining!...

9 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

546

W. S. Gilbert - Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released...

1 hour 37 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

566

George Grossmith - Diary of a Nobody

The Diary of a Nobody is the fictitious record of fifteen months in the life of Charles Pooter, his family, friends and small circle of acquaintances. It first appeared, serialised in Punch magazine and might be...

Martin Clifton 4 hours 22 minutes

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Children's Fiction

554

Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables (version 4)

Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can’t help but love. Despite her “tragical” past, Anne’s optimism and...

Annie Coleman Rothenberg 10 hours 52 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

575

Saki - Reginald

Saki (December 18, 1870 — November 14, 1916) was the pen name of the British author Hector Hugh Munro. His witty, biting and occasionally odd short stories satirised Edwardian culture. Saki is considered a master of...

Jason X. and 1 more 1 hour 38 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

604

Guy Wetmore Carryl - Fables for the Frivolous

One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writings. The fables are written in verse, and are light-hearted re-tellings of...

chriss the girl and 10 more 52 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Mark Twain - Eve’s Diary

Eve’s Diary is a humorous monologue about Eve’s experiences at the dawn of creation. She is fascinated by every aspect of the new world around her and… Adam! The following is an extract from Adam: “She is all...

Esther 38 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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