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Classic Humorous Stories

By: Saki, W. W. Jacobs, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Katherine Mansfield, J. M. Barrie
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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Summary

Over 24 of the best humorous stories ever written.

  • "The Inconsiderate Waiter", by J. M. Barrie
  • "Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger", by Saki
  • "Curried Cow", by Ambrose Bierce
  • "Cannibalism in the Cars", by Mark Twain
  • "A Love Knot", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "A Bottomless Grave", by Ambrose Bierce
  • "Biffin on the Bassoon", by Harry Graham
  • "Esme", by Saki
  • "Germans at Meat", by Katherine Mansfield
  • "Adrian", by Saki
  • "Her Uncle", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Hounds of Fate", by Saki
  • "The Baron", by Katherine Mansfield
  • "Laura", by Saki
  • "The Changeling", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "Oil of Dog", by Ambrose Bierce
  • "The Chaplet", by Saki
  • "The One-Million-Pound Bank Note", by Mark Twain
  • "The Boar Pig, by Saki
  • "A Circular Tour", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Unrest Cure", by Saki
  • "The Yarkand Manner", by Saki
  • "The Sister of the Baroness", by Katherine Mansfield
  • "The Quest", by Saki
  • "In the Family", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Venturers", by O. Henry
  • "The Stampeding of Lady Bastable", by Saki
  • "Smoked Skipper", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Brogue" by Saki
  • "The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm", by Mark Twain
  • "The Mouse", by Saki
  • "The Widower Turmore", by Ambrose Bierce
  • "The Elk", by Saki
  • "The Scharz-Metterklume Method", by Saki
  • "A Distant Relative", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Talking Horse", by Thomas Anstey Guthrie
  • "The Blind Spot", by Saki
  • "The Stolen White Elephant", by Mark Twain
  • "Tobermory", by Saki
  • "His Lordship", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Background", by Saki
  • "The Dreamer", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Open Window", by Saki
  • "The Unknown Quantity", by O. Henry
  • "The She Wolf", by Saki
  • "Alf’s Dream", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal", by Edgar Allan Poe
  • "The Stalled Ox", by Saki
  • "The Storyteller", by Saki
  • "The Test", by W. W. Jacobs
  • "The Seventh Pullet", by Saki
  • "The Gift of the Magi", by O. Henry
  • "The Thousand and Second Tale of Sheherazade", by Edgar Allan Poe
  • "The Hen", by Saki
  • "Mixed Relations", by W. W. Jacobs
Public Domain (P)2013 Red Door Audiobooks

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Awful

What disappointed you about Classic Humorous Stories?

Not humorous in the least.

Has Classic Humorous Stories put you off other books in this genre?

Yes

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Cathy Dobson?

Someone that didn't sound like a digital construct.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Classic Humorous Stories?

I listened to 3/4 of part one and there is nothing I would keep.

Any additional comments?

Waste of my credit for trying this service. May I have another? I won't be listening to any more of this and am happy to undownload it.

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