Best American Humorous Short Stories

by Alexander Jessup, Various

19 chapters11h 13mEnglish1920

About this book

Eighteen short stories by famous and little known authors compassing the period 1839 - 1914. The editor's very extensive introduction is omitted from this LibriVox audio book. (Summary by David Wales)

Chapters (19)

1The Little Frenchman And His Water Lots

878

2The Angel Of The Odd

1639

3The Schoolmaster's Progress

2435

4The Watkinson Evening

2602

5Titbottom's Spectacles

3755

6My Double; And How He Undid Me

2928

7A Visit To The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Punsters

1042

8The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County

970

9Elder Brown's Backslide

2702

10The Hotel Experience Of Mr. Pink Fluker

1819

11The Nice People

1345

12The Buller-Podington Compact

2613

13Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 1

2253

14Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 2

2262

15The Duplicity Of Hargraves

2065

16Bargain Day At Tutt House

3286

17A Call

2049

18How The Widow Won The Deacon

1079

19Gideon

2689

Best American Humorous Short Stories

About this book

Chapters (19)

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