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Humorous Fiction

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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...

TriciaG and 7 more 2 hours 10 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

431

E. Phillips Oppenheim - 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 his food, and hands him a packet underneath the table! So begins Paul...

ToddHW and 4 more 6 hours 20 minutes

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1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors (Version 2)

Erotica

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Mark Twain - 1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors (Version 2)

Please note: this recording contains strong language. Also known simply as «1601», this is a humorously risque work by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author...

John Greenman 1 hour 21 minutes

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General Fiction

476

Rudyard Kipling - Letters of Travel

Three books of travel writing (between them covering the USA, Canada, Japan and Egypt) by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stories and the Jungle Book. Rudyard Kipling (an Englishman born and raised in...

Tim Bulkeley 7 hours 44 minutes

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General Fiction

414

Christopher Morley - Kathleen

A group called the Scorpions, eight Oxford undergraduates, find a letter Kathleen wrote a letter to Joe at Oxford. They build up an image of Kathleen and Joe from the letter and set out to find and meet Kathleen. The...

KirksVoice 1 hour 58 minutes

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Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University

General Fiction

437

Owen Wister - Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University

Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard. (Summary by David Wales)

David Wales 1 hour 27 minutes

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Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets

Children's Fiction

467

Edward Lear - Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets

A selection of nonsense poems, songs (not sung!), stories, and miscellaneous strangeness. The work includes the «Owl and the Pussycat» and a recipe for Amblongus Pie, which begins «Take 4 pounds (say 4½ pounds) of...

Adrian Praetzellis 1 hour 19 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

422

Henry Fielding - Old Debauchees

Young Laroon plans to marry Isabel, but Father Martin manipulates Isabel's father, Jourdain, in order to seduce Isabel. However, other characters, including both of the Laroons, try to manipulate Jourdain for their...

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Humorous Fiction

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Princess

The Princess is a serio-comic blank verse narrative poem, written by Alfred Tennyson, published in 1847. The poem tells the story of an heroic princess who forswears the world of men and founds a women's university...

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 59 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

452

John Wight - Mornings at Bow Street

This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces of this book are actual reports throughout the 1870s newspaper written by...

Chris Caron 6 hours 37 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

435

Richard Marsh - Amusement Only

This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)

NoelBadrian and 9 more 8 hours 23 minutes

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Travel Fiction

467

Jerome K. Jerome - Diary of a Pilgrimage

A possibly fictionalised account by the comic novelist Jerome K. Jerome of a trip to Germany that he undertook with a friend in order to see the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau. The journey takes in London, Dover,...

Szindbad 3 hours 56 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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