Classic Humorous Stories, Hector Hugh Munro
Classic Humorous Stories, Hector Hugh Munro
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Classic Humorous Stories

Author: Hector Hugh Munro, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 20 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2013


Synopsis

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

Author Bio

Saki was the pen name of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916). In addition to his short stories, of which he was an acknowledged master, he also wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; a parody of Alice in Wonderland, The Westminster Alice; and a fantasy about England under German occupation, When William Came.

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