Humorous Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Canterville Ghost (version 2)

A modern American family move into a traditionally drafty and very haunted English mansion. So far so good but anyone knowing Wilde can expect twists and turns to make it interesting. In this cast the crusty old ghost...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 20 minutes

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Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe

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Thomas Hood - Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe by Thomas Hood. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 4, 2015. Thomas Hood was a British...

Ahmad Abdullah and 8 more 21 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Phineas Fletcher - Brittains Ida or Venus and Anchises

While hunting, the boy Anchises stumbles upon Venus's forest retreat and is so kindly entertained by the goddess that he becomes the proud father of Aeneas, the hero of Vergil's Aeneid . The poem is an epyllion like...

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Henry James - Third Person

The Third Person is an amusing spoof on spooking. The 'ghostly man about the house' in whom two increasingly competitive maiden ladies come to take a proprietary interest is as unlikely to inspire terror as the wraith...

Anthony Orr 1 hour 2 minutes

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Mark Twain - How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays

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, and finishes with a trip that proves life-changing. — Summary by Claudia Salto

Claudia Salto 59 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Guy Wetmore Carryl - Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)

Fables for the Frivolous is 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 Aesop-style fables are written in verse,...

Phil Chenevert 47 minutes

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Ellis Parker Butler - That Pup

A puppy, unanounced and unordered, arrives in a crate at Mr. Murchison's house. Humorous events follow. — Summary by david wales

David Wales 1 hour 4 minutes

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Anton Chekhov - Kashtanka

«Kashtanka,» a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its eponymous heroine, a fox-faced, reddish dachshund-mix, whose name means 'little...

Grant Hurlock 49 minutes

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George Fullerton Evans - College Freshman's Don't Book

A short, humorous guide of what not to do in your first year of college. (Summary by Jill Engle)

Kevin W. Davidson and 4 more 36 minutes

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Edward Lear - Laughable Lyrics

Hillarious, fantastic poems that I enjoyed reading to my two sons when they were little. Now I'd like to read them for anyone's children to enjoy listening to. (Summary by Roeg11)

roeg11 42 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Richard Harding Davis - My Buried Treasure

«This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for the treasure. Unless I keep his name out of it he will not let me write the story,...

Crln Yldz Ksr 50 minutes

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General Fiction

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Robert Copland - Jyl of Breyntfords Testament

Introduction — This is a collection of ten comic pieces from the 16th century and earlier, as compiled and edited by Frederick Furnivall for private circulation in 1871. Only the first is by Copland. (Introduction by...

Grant Hurlock 1 hour 15 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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