Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor (Vol. 1&2)
An Anthology of the American HumorBy Various Authors
Length9h 23m
About this audiobook
As the title claims, the book is a real collection of the best examples of the American humorous literature. The editor gathers valuable pieces by the prominent authors like Washington Irving, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain and many more. It was compiled at the turn of the 19th and 20th century and its aim was to bring relaxing notes into the craze for moral seriousness in all literature, which was characteristic of that period.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length9 hrs 23 mins
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Publish dateOct 28, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
54A CASE OF CONSCIENCE
2WASHINGTON IRVING
55HANS BREITMANN'S PARTY
3WOUTER VAN TWILLER
56FRANCES M. WHICHER
4WILHELMUS KIEFT
57TIM CRANE AND THE WIDOW
5PETER STUYVESANT
58THE STAMMERING WIFE
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6ANTONY VAN CORLEAR
59HE ROSE TO THE OCCASION
7GENERAL VAN POFFENBURGH
60POLITE
8BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
61LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN
9MAXIMS
62HE CAME TO PAY
10EPITAPH FOR HIMSELF
63A GENTLE COMPLAINT
11WHY HE LEFT
64THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN
12WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER
65MARIETTA HOLLEY: A PLEASURE EXERTION
13NOTHING TO WEAR
66EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN: THE DIAMOND WEDDING
14A BOY'S ESSAY ON GIRLS
67JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
15HENRY WARD BEECHER
68WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS
16DEACON MARBLE
69MUSIC BY THE CHOIR
17THE DEACON'S TROUT
70MARK TWAIN: THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY2
18THE DOG NOBLE AND THE EMPTY HOLE
71Volume 2
19OLD GRIMES
72SOL SMITH: A BULLY BOAT AND A BRAG CAPTAIN
20IDENTIFIED
73THE DOG AND THE BEES
21ONE BETTER
74OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES: DISLIKES
22MY AUNT
75G. H. DERBY (“Phœnix,” “Squibob”): ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPERS
23N. P. WILLIS
76SUSAN SIMPSON
24MISS ALBINA McLUSH
77MARY MAPES DODGE: MISS MALONY ON THE CHINESE QUESTION
25A SMACK IN SCHOOL
78JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: THE COURTIN’
26A RENDITION
79JOHN GODFREY SAXE: THE COQUETTE—A PORTRAIT
27B. P. SHILLABER ("Mrs. Partington")
80SAMUEL L. CLEMENS (“Mark Twain”): COLONEL MULBERRY SELLERS
28FANCY DISEASES
81FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON: INCIDENTS IN A RETIRED LIFE
29BAILED OUT
82BRET HARTE: MELONS
30SEEKING A COMET
83JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: A LETTER FROM MR. EZEKIEL BIGELOW
31GOING TO CALIFORNIA
84CHARLES GODFREY LELAND: BALLAD
32MRS. PARTINGTON IN COURT
85G. H. DERBY (“Phœnix,” “Squibob”): TUSHMAKER’S TOOTHPULLER
33OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
86BRET HARTE: THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS
34THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE;
87THE V-A-S-E
35FIVE LIVES
88FRANK R. STOCKTON: POMONA’S NOVEL
36JAMES T. FIELDS
89JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE: FRED TROVER’S LITTLE IRON-CLAD
37THE OWL-CRITIC
90A BOSTON LULLABY
38A CAUSE FOR THANKS
91ROBERT JONES BURDETTE: THE ARTLESS PRATTLE OF CHILDHOOD
39JOHN HAY: LITTLE BREECHES
92THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
40HENRY W. SHAW ("Josh Billings"): NATRAL AND UNNATRAL ARISTOKRATS
93[ANONYMOUS]: ST. PETER AT THE GATE
41JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: THE YANKEE RECRUIT
94HENRY GUY CARLETON: THE THOMPSON STREET POKER CLUB
42CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
95GEORGE T. LANIGAN: THE FOX AND THE CROW
43MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN
96HENRY CUYLER BUNNER: BEHOLD THE DEEDS!
44CROWDED
97AN INSURANCE AGENT’S STORY
45THE ALARMED SKIPPER
98FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN: A RHYME FOR PRISCILLA
46THE WEDDING JOURNEY
99AN EPITAPH
47OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
100THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH: A RIVERMOUTH ROMANCE
48FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
101GELETT BURGESS: THE BOHEMIANS OF BOSTON
49"OUR SUMATRA CORRESPONDENCE
102MARION COUTHOUY SMITH: THE COMPOSITE GHOST
50MUSIC-POUNDING
103SOME MESSAGES RECEIVED BY TEACHERS IN BROOKLYN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
51FREDERICK S. COZZENS
104THE TROUT’S APPEAL
52LIVING IN THE COUNTRY
105BILL NYE: A FATAL THIRST
53LOVE IN A COTTAGE
106GEORGE W. PECK: PECK’S BAD BOY
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