Linda Olsen Fitak
25 books
Humorous Fiction
473
Leopold Wagner - Humorous Readings and Recitations
Before radio, television, and electronic mass media, lectures, recitations, public readings, and other public performances were important ways of sharing new works with the public or attracting public attention to...
7 hours 42 minutes
Fantasy Fiction
631
E. Phillips Oppenheim - Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton
Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant in an old house. What he doesn't realize is that the fruit of the plant, when eaten,...
6 hours 43 minutes
Humorous Fiction
485
Edwin Abbott Abbott - Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (version 2)
This is a satirical novel written by Edwin A. Abbott, first published in 1884. Abbott uses a two-dimensional world, with himself as the protagonist, known simply as «A Square», to deride the Victorian aristocracy and...
4 hours 31 minutes
Animals & Nature
492
Howard R. Garis - Uncle Wiggily's Fortune (version 2)
Howard Garis, one of the most prolific children's writers of the 20th century, is credited with writing over 1500 Uncle Wiggily stories, originally appearing in the Saturday Evening Post. In this collection, we have...
4 hours 22 minutes
Poetry
498
Charles Godfrey Leland - Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land
This is a volume of poetry by Charles Godfrey Leland. The first half of this volume is taken up by the Songs of the Sea, with rather romantic songs about seafaring, mermaids, and adventures, and the second half of the...
4 hours 16 minutes
