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Step into a bookshelf where wit sharpens its knives, satire turns the world upside down, and the absurd feels startlingly true. Here, moon voyages, impossible adventures, mock-epics, and razor-edged dictionaries of received ideas collide in a carnival of cleverness. Expect wordplay, mischief, and laughter with a bite—humour at its boldest, strangest, and most delightfully unruly.

by Anne Warner

by Frank R. Stockton

by Oliver Herford

by Charles Lever
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by William Wycherley

by William Makepeace Thackeray

by D. Ph. van Vloten Elderinck

by J. Henry Harris

by Gustav Meyrink

by Charles Lever

by Jean Webster

by Marietta Holley

by George Cupples

by Ralph Stock

by E. J. Rath

by Andrew Adderup

by Evelyn Saxton

by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Jane Helen Findlater, Mary Findlater, Allan McAulay

by William Makepeace Thackeray

by J. E. Mayer

by W. W. (William Wallace) Denslow, Dudley A. (Dudley Acton) Bragdon

by Ellis Parker Butler

by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

by Robt. L. (Robert Love) Taylor

by Bret Harte

by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

by Mark Twain

by Frank R. Stockton

by George Barr McCutcheon

by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

by Charles Deulin

by Arthur Wing Pinero

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Herbert Pelham Curtis

by George Niblo

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Graph Waldeyer

by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

by Sir Jonah Barrington

by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross

by Harry Graham

by Louis J. (Louis John) Stellman

by Robert Cortes Holliday

by Herrick Johnstone

by Neil Munro

by Various Authors

by Edith King Hall

by Clee Garson

by Mark Twain

by Various Authors

by Various Authors

by Booth Tarkington

by David Dwight Wells

by Adolfo Albertazzi

by Boyd Ellanby

by Various Authors

by John Kendrick Bangs

by Various Authors

by W. G. Worfel

by Various Authors

by Peter McArthur

by Dwight V. Swain

by Louis Custer Martin Reed

by Various Authors

by J. W. (John Wilson) Bengough

by Clara Berg

by Alexander Craig Gibson

by Samuel McChord Crothers

by Robert Zacks

by Jack B. (Jack Butler) Yeats

by Mrs. Inchbald, Joseph Patrat

by William Dean Howells

by Edward Streeter

by Louis Trimble
by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

by David Gray

by Edward Summers Squier

by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

by George Washington Carleton

by Various Authors

by Anthony Trollope