Humorous stories, American books

Sketches New and Old

Mark Twain

Sketches New and Old is a miscellany of Twain’s short, comic pieces that lampoon the quirks of 19th‑century…

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe

Sewell Ford

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe is a comic slice of early‑20th‑century New York life,…

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.

The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories

Mark Twain

The volume gathers a handful of Mark Twain’s shorter works, ranging from the unfinished “The Mysterious…

The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories

Mark Twain

The volume gathers a series of Mark Twain’s short, humor‑laden sketches of American life, and it opens in the…

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

Mark Twain

The story opens with a sweeping description of Hadleyburg, a small American town that has built its identity…

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories

Mark Twain

The collection opens with a vivid portrait of Hadleyburg, a town that has built its identity on an…

The £1,000,000 bank-note, and other new stories

Mark Twain

The volume is a collection of Mark Twain’s short‑fiction, gathered under the title The £1,000,000 Bank‑Note,…

Cream of the jug: An anthology of humorous stories

Sketches New and Old, Part 1.

Mark Twain

Sandburrs

Alfred Henry Lewis

Wolfville Days

Alfred Henry Lewis

The Gentle Grafter

O. Henry

Faro Nell and Her Friends: Wolfville Stories

Alfred Henry Lewis

Alonzo Fitz, and Other Stories

Mark Twain

Tish: The chronicle of her escapades and excursions

Mary Roberts Rinehart

A Guest at the Ludlow, and Other Stories

Bill Nye

Wolfville Nights

Alfred Henry Lewis

The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut

Mark Twain

The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, and other humorous tales

Richard Edward Connell

Wolfville

Alfred Henry Lewis

Side-stepping with Shorty

Sewell Ford

Skizzenbuch

Mark Twain

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen

Finley Peter Dunne