Humour

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War

Finley Peter Dunne

This work is a collection of humorous sketches by the fictional Irish‑American tavern‑philosopher Mr.

Ett pennskaft som piga

Anton Holtz

Det här är en polemisk respons från en fiktiv bondman på en fiktiv gård i Taninge, skriven som en reaktion på…

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

Various

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893, is an illustrated monthly that reads like a leisurely travelogue…

Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels

Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Roy Blakeley’s Camp on Wheels is a juvenile adventure that follows a troop of Boy Scouts as they grapple with…

Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

F. Anstey

Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. is a comic sketchbook that strings together a series of episodic misadventures of a…

This Giddy Globe

Oliver Herford

This work is a whimsical, mock‑geography that treats the planet as a comic character rather than a scientific…

Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life. Volume 1

Samuel Lover

Handy Andy is a comic sketch of Irish village life presented as a series of episodic adventures.

The English Spy: An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life

C. M. Westmacott

The English Spy is a sprawling satirical panorama that stitches together sketches, scenes, and anecdotes from…

Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. II

This volume presents a nineteenth‑century compilation of literary parodies, assembled by Walter Hamilton and…

The Big Bow Mystery

Israel Zangwill

Israel Zangwill’s “The Big Bow Mystery” is a detective story that begins with a self‑referential preface in…

How to Cook Husbands

Elizabeth Strong Worthington

The work is a domestic essay that treats marriage as a culinary art, opening with a tongue‑in‑cheek “recipe”…

The Alchemist

Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist is a seventeenth‑century English comedy that opens in the bustling streets of…

Der heilige Bürokrazius: Eine heitere Legende

Rudolf Greinz

Der Text ist eine satirische Erzählung, die sich um den fiktiven Pater Hilarius dreht, einen Tiroler, dessen…

The 'Mind the Paint' Girl: A Comedy in Four Acts

Arthur Wing Pinero

Arthur Wing Pinero’s “The ‘Mind the Paint’ Girl” is a four‑act comedy that opens in a meticulously described…

A Book of Burlesques

H. L. Mencken

The work is a collection of burlesque sketches assembled by H. L.

Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament.

Ludvig Holberg

This work is an eighteenth‑century satirical voyage narrative by Ludvig Holberg, the leading Danish writer of…

The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives

Elizabeth Strong Worthington

The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives is a satirical social commentary that unfolds as a bustling club meeting of…

Eliza

Barry Pain

Barry Pain’s Eliza is a collection of short, humor‑tinged sketches that present the domestic life of a…

Ting-a-ling

Frank R. Stockton

The work is a fairy‑tale adventure set in an exotic Eastern kingdom, opening with a lush description of a…

The Bibliotaph, and Other People

Leon H. Vincent

The work is a lively essay on the culture of book‑collecting, framed as a series of anecdotes and reflections…

The Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde

The story is a comic tale of a haunted English manor bought by an outspoken American diplomat, Mr. Hiram B.

Fables in Slang

George Ade

George Ade’s Fables in Slang is a mischievous collection that blends the traditional moral tale with the…

The Cat in Grandfather's House

Carl Henry Grabo

The Cat in Grandfather’s House is a whimsical fantasy aimed at young readers, opening with ten‑year‑old…

La Mère de la Marquise

Edmond About

Ce texte est une nouvelle de fiction française du XIXᵉ siècle, tirée du recueil Les Mariages de Paris…