Comic novels

7 books

Barry LyndonWilliam Makepeace Thackeray · 1844A novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first serialized in 1844, narrated as the memoirs of Barry Lyndon, an Irish adventurer who rises through love affairs, soldiering, gambling, and society into fortune and marriage, and chronicles his own rise and misfortunes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Diary of a NobodyGeorge Grossmith · 1892This 1892 comic novel by George Grossmith, with illustrations by Weedon Grossmith, presents the diary of Charles Pooter, a London city clerk, as he records domestic life in Holloway with his wife Carrie, bothersome tradesmen, and meddlesome friends.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens · 1836An 1836 comic novel by Charles Dickens, presented as the posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club, whose members travel the English countryside, encountering humorous mishaps, romantic entanglements, legal troubles, and memorable characters like Samuel Weller.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Wrong BoxRobert Louis Stevenson · 1889A humorous 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne about a tontine in which the last surviving member wins the pooled money, focusing on the eccentric Finsbury family and the misadventures that follow when few members remain alive.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog)Jerome K. Jerome · 1889A humorous 1889 novel in which three overworked friends, convinced they are ill, take a boating trip on the Thames for their health, along with a dog named Montmorency.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Vanity FairWilliam Makepeace Thackeray · 1848William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley, two young women who leave school and make their way through English society, marriage, and social climbing in the years of the Napoleonic era.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Vice Versa; or, A Lesson to FathersF. Anstey · 1882An 1882 comic novel by F. Anstey in which a pompous London merchant named Paul Bultitude dreads his son Dick's return to boarding school, leading to a fantastical transformation that swaps the father and son, teaching the father a lesson.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية