Humor
- Witty Social Satire
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Witty Essays and Observations
- Classic Radio Comedies
- Humorous Dramas and Comedies
The Wit and Humor of America
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that brings together a rich collection of 53 short stories and poems from 44 diverse …
Zuleika Dobson
A wickedly funny 1911 satire on undergraduate life in Edwardian Oxford' in which the entire student body of Oxford university including the …
Pipefuls
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
On Our Selection
The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wild…
Europe Revised
Irwin Cobb's humorous Europe Revised is a travelogue and comedy almost in the style of Mark Twain. The dedication says it best, "To My …
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…
Miss Marjoribanks
Miss Marjoribanks introduces us to the spirited Lucilla Marjoribanks, a young woman determined to shape her own destiny in the quaint town o…
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
In this witty epistolary novel, George Horace Lorimer presents a series of letters from John Graham, a shrewd and successful pork-packer in …
Revolution
A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908, published in 1910. The lead essay, "Revolution", outlines how and why Lon…
Rootabaga Stories
Carl Sandburg is beloved by generations of children for his Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons (which is not in the public domain), a s…
Ukridge
“Do not count your chickens before they are hatched” is a classic saying that might well have been remembered by Ukridge. Ukridge is always …
The Bent Twig
Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th - early 20th Century as seen by fa…
Gullible's Travels
Gullible's Travels by Ring Lardner offers a satirical look at the absurdities of social ambition in America. Through a series of humorous st…
The Peterkin Papers
The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are …
Clear Heart
Carpenters and craft, friendship and rivalry: Wally is building a mansion for a dot-com multimillionaire in the Silicon Valley of Californi…
The Wheels of Chance
The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll follows the adventures of a draper's assistant who, having brought an ancient bicycle, sets off on …
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour is a delightful comic satire of the fox-hunting fraternity of the mid 19th Century. Surtees takes great pleasure …
Merton of the Movies
Merton of the Movies is a comedy that centers around Merton Gill, an aspiring dramatic artist from Simsbury, Illinois who makes his way to H…
The Proposal
The Proposal is a one act comic farce by Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's Russia, marriage was a means of economic stability for most people. The…
The New Swiss Family Robinson
The New Swiss Family Robinson is a humorous take on the classic adventure story, crafted by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon. This parody…