Humor
My Discovery of England
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
"In the course of time a very considerable public feeling was aroused in the United States and Canada over this state of affairs. The l…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the seventh volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 autho…
I Sold The Moon! (A True Story)
Read by Barry McArdle
Barry McArdle
Just because it happened, doesn't mean you'll believe it. Take a rollicking ride through the 1970s with the original Moon Man, Barry McArdle…
Biltmore Oswald
Read by Nigel Boydell
J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Mon…
Read by Nathalie J.
L. A. Abbott
This work the author claims is indeed a true story of how he happened to be married seven times to seven different women and the rollicking,…
Mince Pie
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Christopher Morley
Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: &quo…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 10
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the tenth volume, 62 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…
Amoretti: A sonnet sequence
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Edmund Spenser
The Amoretti (meaning little love poems) is a sequence of 89 sonnets written in the tradition of the Petrarchan sonnets, a popular form for …
Bizarre
Read by Nick Bulka
Lawton Mackall
A series of essays offering a humorous look at commonplace items and occurrences. (Summary by Nick Bulka)
Laughable Lyrics
Read by roeg11
Edward Lear
Hilarious, 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 e…
And Even Now
Read by Kirsten Wever
Max Beerbohm
This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such notables as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Sh…
Serpentine Street
Read by Jeffrey Lynn Stoddard
Jeffrey Lynn Stoddard
Boo Boisie is a patient in the Barmy Mental Asylum. Sure, the place is air conditioned and clean and the food is occasionally actually palat…
Grandma's Prayer
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Eugene Field
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Grandma's Prayer by Eugene Field . This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 4, 2011.E…
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III
Read by John Greenman
Albert Bigelow Paine
This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April …
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 09
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H. G. Wells
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the ninth volume, 37 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 authors…
The Fiddler of Dooney
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William Butler Yeats
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Fiddler of Dooney by William Butler Yeats. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Decembe…
A Long November: A Tale of Christmas Come Too Early
Read by Blake M. Petit
Blake M. Petit
Duncan Marks is just like you -- sick and tired of Christmask before the Thanksgiving turkey even comes out of the oven. But this year, a Sp…
The Wonderful World of Linus Bailey
Read by Peter James Lamb
Peter James Lamb
Linus Bailey's tenth birthday, if measured on some kind of “So how did it go then?” scale, would score a one. Maybe a bit less. It started…
The Old Man and the Ass
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Jean de la Fontaine
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Old Man and the Ass by Jean de La Fontaine. (There was no translator acknowledged in the t…