The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Alexander Jessup ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

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10/25/22

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687m

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The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Alexander Jessup audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Edited and introduced by Alexander Jessup, The Best American Humorous Short Stories gathers a handpicked lineup of classic American tales that prove how many shapes laughter can take. Jessup's opening essay makes the mission clear: these are not merely jokes on the page, but fully crafted short stories where humor is inseparable from character, voice, and surprise. Across the collection, readers move from dry wit and social satire to tall tales and comic misadventure, meeting schemers, innocents, and eccentrics caught in the everyday absurdities of love, money, reputation, and pride. Familiar masters appear alongside lesser-known gems, with stories by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Bret Harte, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and others. From the slippery logic of 'The Angel of the Odd' to the deadpan exaggerations of 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,' the anthology showcases regional flavors and shifting American manners, while keeping the focus on storytelling momentum and sharp comedic timing. The result is a varied, lively listening experience: a tour through American humor at its most inventive, readable, and enduring.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:14:38) Chapter 02

(00:41:58) Chapter 03

(01:22:33) Chapter 04

(02:05:55) Chapter 05

(03:08:30) Chapter 06

(03:57:18) Chapter 07

(04:14:41) Chapter 08

(04:30:51) Chapter 09

(05:15:53) Chapter 10

(05:46:12) Chapter 11

(06:08:37) Chapter 12

(06:52:10) Chapter 13

(07:29:43) Chapter 14

(08:07:26) Chapter 15

(08:41:51) Chapter 16

(09:36:37) Chapter 17

(10:10:46) Chapter 18

(10:28:45) Chapter 19

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Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

October 25, 2022

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380m

Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Crome Yellow, published in 1921 was Aldous Huxley’s first novel. In it he satirizes the fads and fashions of the time. It is the witty story of a house party at ‘Crome’ where there is a gathering of bright young things. We hear some of the history of the house from Henry Wimbush, its owner and self appointed historian; Apocalypse is prophesied, virginity is lost, and inspirational aphorisms are gained in a trance. Our hero, Denis, tries to capture it all in poetry and is disappointed in love.

The author, Aldous Huxley, was born in 1894 and began writing poetry and short stories in his early twenties; this was his first novel and established his literary reputation.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:07:03) Chapter 2

(00:20:06) Chapter 3

(00:32:10) Chapter 4

(00:44:31) Chapter 5

(00:54:08) Chapter 6

(01:10:59) Chapter 7

(01:20:58) Chapter 8

(01:25:37) Chapter 9

(01:45:05) Chapter 10

(01:51:36) Chapter 11

(02:03:55) Chapter 12

(02:15:16) Chapter 13

(02:47:44) Chapter 14

(02:55:24) Chapter 15

(03:02:43) Chapter 16

(03:08:58) Chapter 17

(03:27:52) Chapter 18

(03:36:10) Chapter 19

(04:08:26) Chapter 20

(04:18:53) Chapter 21

(04:25:46) Chapter 22

(04:43:00) Chapter 23

(04:48:45) Chapter 24

(05:01:07) Chapter 25

(05:12:20) Chapter 26

(05:18:26) Chapter 27

(05:37:33) Chapter 28

(05:47:28) Chapter 29

(05:58:01) Chapter 30

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The Push Of A Finger by Alfred Bester ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

October 25, 2022

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114m

The Push Of A Finger by Alfred Bester audiobook.

Genre: scifi

Science fiction from the 50s by one of the masters, Alfred Bester. Society has committed itself to complete stability. Nothing is allowed to upset this stability, nothing that is not planned and approved and accounted for in advance. Yes, this is hard to imagine but this has produced decades, nay, centuries of predictable prosperity and peace. Even the newspapers have very little to write about. One reporter however is curious about the 'Prog' building, where pronouncements are issued every day just as Moses issued the commandments. Everyone is locked out of course but he wants to know more, he wants in by any means and the results of that obsession are more far reaching than anyone can imagine. What would happen if just a tiny push with a finger to a critical element is made at the very beginning of a process? A little nudge that sends it in a completely different direction? Hmmm?

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:27:05) Chapter 02

(00:52:45) Chapter 03

(01:19:13) Chapter 04

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