Humor
- Witty Social Satire
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Witty Essays and Observations
- Classic Radio Comedies
- Humorous Dramas and Comedies
The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing
Written in 1910, this "cyclopedia" is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is mo…
Comic History of the United States
This text takes the reader on a comical journey from the time of the first European settlement through the Civil War. The author's caustic w…
Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado Don Pablos
Clásica novela picaresca española del Siglo de Oro, del gran Don Francisco de Quevedo. En ella se narran las extravagantes and…
Love and Freindship
Love and Freindship [sic] is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790, when Austen was 14 years old. Love and Freindship (the misspelling…
Write Now!
Piers Langland is a mild mannered paint salesman with one burning passion. He aspires to be a famous author. Each November he looks forwar…
Cinderella
If you are expecting glass slippers and pumpkin coaches, look elsewhere... This is "a pantomime as Ibsen would have written it, if only…
Tante Frieda
Wie bereits in den "Lausbubengeschichten" berichtet der Schüler Ludwig von seinen Streichen wider Scheinheiligkeit und falsch…
Famous Potatoes
"An engaging picaresque novel of a young man on the run. A warm, well-told story of a likable character with a knack for being in the w…
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People
The Magical Monarch of Mo is a set of stories about the titular king, his queen, and his royal children. The stories are uproariously funny,…
Emma
Emma is a witty exploration of love and social standing, centered around the life of Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who believes she is a mas…
Essays and Literary Studies
Essays and Literary Studies presents a collection of insightful and humorous reflections from Stephen Leacock, a prominent Canadian humorist…
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
Uncle Remus' stories feature a trickster hero called Br'er Rabbit ("Brother" Rabbit), who uses his wits to slide out of trouble an…
The Wit and Humor of America
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American wit through a collection of 55 short stories an…
The White Linen Nurse
The White Linen Nurse is a hysterical story of an exhausted nurse who comes to regret her profession and then somehow finds herself caring f…
The Chaos
The Chaos is a witty and insightful poem that highlights the complexities and inconsistencies of English spelling and pronunciation. Written…
Who Was Who
A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to in…
Dodo Wonders
"Dodo Wonders" is the third and last of the "Dodo" novels by E.F. Benson, author of the "Mapp and Lucia" serie…
Lausbubengeschichten
Humorvoll berichtet der Schüler Ludwig von seinen Streichen wider Scheinheiligkeit und falsche Autorität in Bayern zur Zeit Kö…
I Am A Cat
These are the first two chapters of Natsume Sōseki's masterpiece, "I Am A Cat" (Wagahai wa Neko de Aru). It is recognized as a lan…
The Jumping Frog
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was also published as "The Notorio…