Comic novels and farces

13 books

Cynthia's ChauffeurLouis Tracy · 1907A 1907 illustrated romance novel by Louis Tracy in which a young English earl's son poses as a chauffeur to drive a beautiful American girl and her chaperon on a thousand-mile motor tour through England, beginning an unusual love story.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

ElizaBarry Pain · 1900A 1900 humorous book of linked comic sketches narrated by a self-satisfied London suburban clerk, who records episodes of domestic life with his strong-minded wife Eliza while struggling to preserve respectability on a limited income.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Kipps: The Story of a Simple SoulH. G. Wells · 1905A 1905 comic novel by H. G. Wells about Arthur Kipps, an orphaned boy raised by an aunt and uncle who run a small shop in New Romney, tracing his upbringing and social rise.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Miss MappE. F. Benson · 1922A 1922 comic novel by E. F. Benson, this book follows Miss Elizabeth Mapp, a suspicious middle-aged spinster in the small town of Tilling who spies on her neighbors from her window and schemes within its tight social circles.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Piccadilly JimP. G. Wodehouse · 1917A humorous 1917 novel by P. G. Wodehouse, set in the New York household of financier Peter Pett, whose wife fills their Riverside Drive home with her salon of unrecognised geniuses and her spoiled son, disrupting Mr. Pett's hope of a quiet life.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Queen LuciaE. F. Benson · 1920A 1920 comic novel by E. F. Benson following Mrs. Emmeline Lucas, the self-appointed cultural queen of the English village of Riseholme, whose theatrical personality and love of art, music, and drama shape her neighbors' lives.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

SalthavenW. W. Jacobs · 1908A 1908 novel by W. W. Jacobs that opens with ship-owner John Vyner welcoming his son Robert into the family firm, displacing a longtime chief clerk, while that clerk's household is unsettled by his daughter's maid and an admiring young gardener.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

SimonJ. Storer Clouston · 1911A 1911 novel by J. Storer Clouston, Simon follows a mysterious man who arrives by train in a small northern town, traveling secretly and avoiding attention, then hides in a garden to watch two women hurrying from a house, suggesting a story of intrigue and hidden identity.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Something NewP. G. Wodehouse · 1915A 1915 comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, this book follows Ashe Marson, an American writer of detective pulp fiction living in a London boardinghouse, whose routine morning exercise brings him an unexpected encounter with a neighbor.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Girl on the BoatP. G. Wodehouse · 1922A 1922 comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse in which Sam Marlowe falls in love with Billie Bennett aboard a transatlantic liner and pursues her to a Hampshire country house, contending with her romantic ideals and a rival suitor.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Joyous Adventures of Aristide PujolWilliam John Locke · 1912A 1912 illustrated collection of linked comic episodes by William John Locke, narrated by an English traveler who repeatedly encounters Aristide Pujol, a charming, resourceful Frenchman with a knack for turning up amid misadventures across southern France.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Prodigal FatherJ. Storer Clouston · 1922A 1922 comic novel by J. Storer Clouston about Heriot Walkingshaw, a highly respectable Edinburgh solicitor who shocks the city with outrageous public behavior, including objections to his son's marriage, leaving his fellow citizens convinced he has lost his mind.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's PlanDaisy Ashford · 1919A short comic novel written by Daisy Ashford at age nine and published in 1919 with a preface by J. M. Barrie. It follows Mr. Salteena, an elderly man fond of hosting visitors, who pursues the young Ethel and schemes to become a gentleman.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية