Humor Books

Extracts From Adam's Diary

Mark Twain

"Extracts from Adam's Diary: Translated from the Original Ms." is a comic short story by the American humorist and writer Mark Twain. It was first published as a book in 1904, by Harper & Bros. wi..

The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain

The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attem..

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Oscar Wilde

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891...

Captain Boldheart & the Latin-Grammar Master

Charles Dickens

The story contained herein was written by Charles Dickens in 1867. It is the third of four stories entitled "Holiday Romance" and was published originally in a children's magazine in America. It purpo..

The Lamplighter

Charles Dickens

The Lamplighter is a wild farce. It feels a little as if someone deleted all the plot, characterization, and heavy themes from one of Dickens' shorter novels and just left us with a dozen pages of the..

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol is the story of the mean and pusillanimous Ebenezer Scrooge, whose mind gets blown after he's visited by the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Ye..

Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes

Maurice LeBlanc

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes is the second collection of Arsène Lupin stories written by Maurice Leblanc, featuring two adventures following a match of wits between Lupin and Herlock Sholmes...

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

H. C. Bunner

This volume does not aim to contain all the best American humorous short stories there are many other stories equally as good, I suppose, in much the same vein, scattered through the range of American..