Books: What to Know
Old Books That Are Actually Funny
The plot, the people, the point and the ending — then the Boovie film, where there is one.
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4,111 humour
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A motley jest
Oscar Fay Adams · play
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A Mysterious Disappearance: A Farce
George M. Baker · play
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A new Robinson Crusoe
W. L. Alden · novel
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A New Sensation
Albert Ross · novel
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A Night Out
Edward Peple · novel
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A Nonsense Anthology
Carolyn Wells · poetry
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A Parody Anthology
Carolyn Wells · poetry
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A Parody on "Mary's Ghost;" or, The Doctors and Body-snatchers.
Thomas Hood · poetry
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A Parody on Iolanthe
D. Dalziel · play
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A Parody on Patience
D. Dalziel · play
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A Parody on Princess Ida
D. Dalziel · play
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A Parody Outline of History
Donald Ogden Stewart · novel
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A Peep Into the Past
Max Sir Beerbohm · biography
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A Phenomenal Fauna
Carolyn Wells · poetry
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A Philanthropist
Josephine Daskam Bacon · novel
The story in one page
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones
A self-appointed Lord writes a book with zero punctuation and absolute certainty.
Timothy Dexter · biography
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A Picture-book of Merry Tales
Horace Harral · short story
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A Pirate of Parts
Richard Neville · play
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A Planet Named Joe
Evan Hunter · short story
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A Plea for Old Cap Collier
Irvin S. Cobb · novel
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A Political Romance
Laurence Sterne · novel
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A Practical Novelist
John Davidson · novel
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A Prefect's Uncle
P. G. Wodehouse · novel
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A Prevaricated Parade
W. C. Tuttle · novel
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A Proposal Under Difficulties: A Farce
John Kendrick Bangs · play
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A Rebellious Heroine
John Kendrick Bangs · novel
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A Reversible Santa Claus
Meredith Nicholson · novel
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A Rill from the Town Pump
Nathaniel Hawthorne · short story
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A Rivermouth Romance
Thomas Bailey Aldrich · novel
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A Rogue's Life
Wilkie Collins · novel
The story in one page
A Room with a View
An English girl chooses between a man who treats her like a painting and one who throws her photographs into the Arno.
E. M. Forster · novel
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A Rough Diamond: A Comic Drama in One Act
John Baldwin Buckstone · play
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A Satire Anthology
Carolyn Wells · poetry
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A Season at Harrogate
Mrs. Hofland · poetry
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 09
Robert Dodsley · play
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 13
Robert Dodsley · play
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A Selection of Cartoons from Puck
Joseph Ferdinand Keppler · ideas
The story in one page
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
A sensitive traveler packs six shirts and zero plans, preferring emotional encounters with strangers to seeing the actual sights.
Laurence Sterne · novel
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A Society Clown: Reminiscences
George Grossmith · biography
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A Spirit of Avarice
W. W. Jacobs · short story
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A Tale of a Tub
Jonathan Swift · novel
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A Temporary Dead-Lock
Thomas A. Janvier · novel
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A Tender Attachment: A Farce
George M. Baker · play
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A Tenderfoot Bride: Tales from an Old Ranch
Clarice E. Richards · novel
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A Tiger's Skin
W. W. Jacobs · short story
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A tin cup trophy
W. C. Tuttle · novel
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A Topsy-Turvy Christmas
Elizabeth F. Guptill · play
The story in one page
A Tramp Abroad
Two men set out to walk across Europe, but decide that riding is significantly better for the feet.
Mark Twain · novel