Humour

The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings

Mark Lemon

The Jest Book is a compendium of English wit, assembled by an unnamed compiler who declares his purpose to…

The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

Sullivan, Arthur; Gilbert, W. S.

The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk

Thornton W. Burgess

The story is a lively animal adventure aimed at young readers, featuring the familiar cast of Peter Rabbit,…

Cobwebs from a Library Corner

John Kendrick Bangs

John Kendrick Bangs’s “Cobwebs from a Library Corner” is a whimsical anthology of verse, prose, and parody…

Novelas Cortas

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

The volume is a pedagogical anthology of short Spanish narratives, each accompanied by exhaustive notes, an…

The Love Affairs of an Old Maid

Lilian Bell

The work is a late‑nineteenth‑century American novel that treats the social life of single women with a blend…

English Satires

The volume presents a curated survey of English satire, spanning from the medieval pilgrim verses of William…

Cupid's Almanac and Guide to Hearticulture for This Year and Next

Herford, Oliver; Clay, John Cecil

The work is a whimsical almanac that treats love as a garden, cataloguing “hearticultured” plants month by…

The Tale of Billy Woodchuck

Arthur Scott Bailey

Arthur Scott Bailey’s “The Tale of Billy Woodchuck” is a juvenile story that centers on the everyday life of…

Much Darker Days

Andrew Lang

Much Darker Days is a sprawling, self‑conscious parody that opens with a bitter narrator who, after a failed…

The Tale of Daddy Longlegs Tuck-Me-In Tales

Arthur Scott Bailey

The Tale of Daddy Longlegs Tuck‑Me‑In Tales is a whimsical animal fable aimed at younger readers, introducing…

Arms and the Man

Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man is a satirical drama that pits the romantic myths of war against the gritty…

Der Hahn von Quakenbrück und andere Novellen

Ricarda Huch

Der Band „Der Hahn von Quakenbrück und andere Novellen“ von Ricarda Huch ist eine Sammlung kurzweiliger, aber…

Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1

Henry Fielding

The work is Henry Fielding’s first novel, a comic and affectionate bildungsroman that follows the adventures…

A Century of Parody and Imitation

The volume presents a sweeping anthology of English poetic parody and imitation, assembled with meticulous…

Three Ghost Stories

Charles Dickens

The work is a Victorian‑era ghost story by Charles Dickens, presented as a single, self‑contained narrative…

Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 1

Joseph Grego

Rowlandson the Caricaturist, Volume 1 is a scholarly compilation edited by Joseph Grego that presents a…

The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe

This volume is a curated anthology of English‑language humorous verse, spanning from medieval poets such as…

Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete

Washington Irving

Washington Irving’s “Knickerbocker’s History of New York, Complete” is a satirical chronicle that began as a…

The Book of Nonsense

Edward Lear

The Battle of the Books, and other Short Pieces

Jonathan Swift

The work is a satirical essay collection that opens with a sprawling biographical sketch of Jonathan Swift,…

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

The fourth volume of this extensive collection is devoted entirely to parodies of popular songs and ballads,…

The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook

Theodore Edward Hook

That Sweet Little Old Lady

Garrett, Randall; Janifer, Laurence M.

The story is a mid‑century science‑fiction spy tale that drops the reader straight into a tense FBI briefing.