PDF Books in Humorous Stories
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the most widely read books of Mark Twain, which is based on his boyhood life along the Mississippi River. Many characters in the novel are created and resembles Twain's young life in village. Tom and Huck, the mischievous boys were accidentally witnessing the murder of Dr. Robinson by Injun Joe, a Half-American. M..
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark TwainThe Prince and the Pauper is the Mark twain’s first historic fiction work. The story is set in London, about two boys with identical appearance, named Tom Canty and Edward. While Edward is the son of King Henry VIII and Tom Canty, a Pauper who lives with his abusive father. In an event Tom and Edward meet together and swap their dresses. Edward ..
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court written by Mark Twain is a fiction novel of satirical comedy which narrates the story of a Yankee Engineer who was transported back to King Arthur times. Hank Morgan is a resident of Hartford, Connecticut, who is also a skilled engineer with high levels of proficiency in firearms manufacturing. In a he..
Dead Souls
by Nikolai Vasilevich GogolDead Souls is a novel which explored the flaws and faults of Russian character and exposed the political corruption in Russian empire of 18th century. It is one of the masterpieces of Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, who was exiled after publishing this novel. Serfs are a kind of labors working with landlords. Government w..
The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan
by Daisy AshfordThe Young Visiters is a novel written by the English writer Daisy Ashford, which revolves around the 19th century upper class society of England. An interesting fact is that, this was written by the author when she was just nine years old. At 36, she pulled out the manuscript which was written by her juvenile handwriting with lots of spell..
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II
by Thomas L. MassonLittle Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor is a collection of humor works written by various authors like Bret Harte, Sol Smith, John Godfrey Saxe, James Russell Lowell, Mary Mapes Dodge, Robert J. Burdette. This work has been collected and edited by the American anthroplogist Thomas Lansing Masson who was serving as literary editor of the magaz..
The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll
by H. G. WellsIt seems Wells' has conceived the story of The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll from life experiences of his second wife Catherine Robbins , who is portrayed as Jessie Milton. As in the real life Wells was not able to get along with upper class society, his protagonist in the story Mr. Hoopdriver resembles him. Hoopdriver holiday travel in his b..
A Tangled Tale
by Lewis CarrollTangled Tale is a collection of 10 brief humorous stories by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), published serially between April 1880 and March 1885 in The Monthly Packet magazine. Arthur B. Frost added illustrations when the series was printed in book form. The stories, or Knots as Carroll calls them, present mathematical problems. In a lat..