Humor Books
The Female Quixote
The novel formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself for the knightly hero of a Romance, so Arabella mistakes herself for the maiden love of a Romance. While the don thinks it his duty ..
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
Sir Max BeerbohmZuleika Dobson an Oxford love story is a satirical novel by Max Beerbohm, an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a h..
The Little Warrior
P. G. WodehouseThe Little Warrior is a humorous love story written by P. G. Wodehouse, an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.Excerpts:Freddie looked at him as a timid y..
The Rivals - A Comedy
Richard Brinsley SheridanThe Rivals is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. The story has been updated in numerous adaptions, inc..
Max und Moritz
Wilhelm BuschMax und Moritz: Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen is a collection of humorous poems and practical jokes written for children in German language by Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch, a Germa..
They and I
Jerome K. JeromeThey and I is a country life fiction story written by Jerome K. Jerome, an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat, The Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fell..
A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726)
Henry CareyA Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) is a satire by Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon KG, was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the patron of Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare'..
Biltmore Oswald
Thorne SmithBiltmore Oswald is a humorous fiction story on the sets of mariners written by Thorne Smith, an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction.Biltmore Oswald story is the hilarious dia..