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The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
9 days •
ⓘ 1895 • A comic masterpiece from Oscar Wilde filled with witty rapid-fire conversation, mistaken identities, and secret engagements.
My Man Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
22 days •
ⓘ 1919 • Londoner Bertie Wooster is young, rich, and completely helpless. Fortunately his valet Jeeves is on hand to rescue Wooster from every mess he falls into.
Candide
Voltaire
16 days •
ⓘ 1759 • In the "best of all possible worlds," young Candide still seems to fall into tragedy after tragedy. In this comical satire, Voltaire mocks religion, governments and runaway optimism.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
54 days •
ⓘ 1889 • A Yankee engineer is accidentally sent back in time, but using modern technology manages to convince the court of King Arthur that he is a powerful magician.
Right Ho, Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
33 days •
ⓘ 1934 • The hapless Bertie and ever reliable Jeeves return, but Jeeves is forbidden from offering advice. Can Bertie save his bumbling friends?
A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift
2 days •
ⓘ 1729 • Swift suggests, to solve their economic woes, that impoverished Irish sell their children as food for the rich. A cutting satire mocking the heartless and savage way in which the wealthy look down on the poor.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
G.K. Chesterton
24 days •
ⓘ 1904 • In the far-flung future of 1984, England is ruled by randomly-selected kings. When a prankster is chosen, hijinks - and bloody street fighting - ensue.
A Damsel in Distress
P.G. Wodehouse
32 days •
ⓘ 1919 • Golf-loving George Bevan falls in love with a mysterious woman who falls into his life. As he tries to track her down, mistaken identities lead to hilarity.
The Brick Moon
Edward Everett Hale
9 days •
ⓘ 1869 • A bit of speculative fiction about launching a satellite. Somewhat less prescient is the detail that it's made of bricks. And people are unintentionally aboard - can they survive?
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome
29 days •
ⓘ 1889 • A hilarious recounting of three men's (not to mention the dog!) troublesome journey along the Thames from Kingston to Oxford and back.
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
4 days •
ⓘ 1887 • An American family moves into the looming British mansion, Canterville Chase to the great annoyance of the home's ghost. Even worse, the family refuses to believe in him!
Roughing It
Mark Twain
57 days •
ⓘ 1872 • A semi-autobiographical account of Twain's travels and adventures through the American west during the 1860s.
The History of Mr Polly
H.G. Wells
24 days •
ⓘ 1910 • A charming comedy from Edwardian England, following a despairing man as his life is turned upside down.
Tom Jones
Henry Fielding
113 days •
ⓘ 1749 • Tom Jones, a foundling with a mysterious past, is banished to London to find love, adventure, danger, and more in this classic comic novel of 18th century life.
Xingu
Edith Wharton
3 days •
ⓘ 1916 • A biting roast of shallow book clubs where literature takes a back seat to personality and dysfunction.
Lysistrata
Aristophanes
10 days •
ⓘ 411 BC • An ancient Greek comedy about Lysistrata's mission to end the Peloponnesian War by uniting women to withhold sex.
Antic Hay
Aldous Huxley
30 days •
ⓘ 1923 • A humorous "novel of ideas" set in London in the turbulent times after WWI, among the self-absorbed cultural elite.
The Innocents Abroad
Mark Twain
66 days •
ⓘ 1869 • A famous travel book following a group of Americans through Europe and the Holy Land.
Parnassus on Wheels
Christopher Morley
13 days •
ⓘ 1917 • Helen McGill buys a traveling bookstore - partly to spite her brother - and heads out on a strange adventure.
Songs of a Sourdough
Robert W. Service
11 days •
ⓘ 1907 • A collection of poetry, "ballads of Yukon," including "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee."
The Inimitable Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
21 days •
ⓘ 1923 • Bertie and his helpless friends have a new round of problems that can only be solved by the unflappable Jeeves.
Jurgen
James Branch Cabell
29 days •
ⓘ 1919 • A comic fantasy novel, poking fun at stereotypical medieval conceits such as Arthurian legend. An influence on Terry Pratchett.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Anita Loos
12 days •
ⓘ 1925 • In the midst of the Roaring Twenties, charming gold digger Lorelei Lee chronicles her journey from New York through Europe amidst humorous encounters with her "gentleman friends."
Daddy-Long-Legs
Jean Webster
14 days •
ⓘ 1912 • An unknown millionaire pays for orphan Jerusha’s education with simple, yet mysterious, requirements placed upon her. Who is her shadowy benefactor?
The Absolute at Large
Karel Capek
16 days •
ⓘ 1922 • A revolutionary new source of energy transforms society in this satirical sci-fi novel.
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