Comic stories and sketches

12 books

Anderson Crow, DetectiveGeorge Barr McCutcheon · 1920A 1920 humorous novel, originally serialized, following small-town official Anderson Crow of Tinkletown as he juggles roles as deputy marshal, fire chief, and water commissioner while a mysterious crime unfolds after a fire and the arrival of a veiled lady.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

At Good Old SiwashGeorge Fitch · 1911A 1911 illustrated collection of humorous stories about Siwash College, featuring football games, fraternity pranks, and campus romance. The tales, originally published in the Saturday Evening Post, follow student schemes and college life.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Elkan Lubliner, AmericanMontague Glass · 1918A 1918 collection of humorous short stories about Jewish immigrant life, following Elkan Lubliner, a young man from Russia brought to America by his relatives to work in the clothing business of the partners Polatkin and Scheikowitz.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Lady LuckHugh Wiley · 1921Lady Luck is a 1921 novel by Hugh Wiley featuring the Wildcat, a comic African American character, who returns home from World War I with his goat mascot and becomes entangled in misadventures involving a con man's vengeful wife, gambling, and schemes in Memphis.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabeSewell Ford · 1904A 1904 collection of humorous stories narrated in colloquial style by Shorty McCabe, a physical culture studio owner, recounting comic encounters with visitors and characters around New York City.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Shorty McCabeSewell Ford · 1906A humorous 1906 novel told in first-person slang by Shorty McCabe, a retired boxer turned trainer, who recounts his misadventures after teaming up with the eccentric salesman Leonidas Dodge.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Shorty McCabe on the JobSewell Ford · 1915A 1915 illustrated comic novel by Sewell Ford, part of the Shorty McCabe series, narrated in colorful slang by a boxing instructor turned private detective who takes on cases involving eccentric clients and schemes after receiving a mysterious lawyer's letter.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the WorldOwen Johnson · 1923A humorous 1923 novel by Owen Johnson, part of his Lawrenceville Stories series, following schoolboy Skippy Bedelle as his contempt for girls gives way to his first romantic awakenings on his comic path from urchin to young man of the world.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The amazing adventures of Letitia CarberryMary Roberts Rinehart · 1911A 1911 illustrated story collection by Mary Roberts Rinehart, narrated by a friend of the bold, irrepressible Letitia "Tish" Carberry, who with companions Aggie and Lizzie stumbles into escapades, beginning with a mystery involving a vanished body at a hospital.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other PlightsIrvin S. Cobb · 1913A 1913 collection of short stories by Irvin S. Cobb, featuring the title tale of a disgraced banker being taken by train to prison in handcuffs, along with eight other stories including "The Belled Buzzard" and "Fishhead.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Torchy and VeeSewell Ford · 1916A 1919 collection of humorous short stories by Sewell Ford, narrated by the wisecracking Torchy, who with his wife Vee gets involved in helping friends and acquaintances with their romantic and domestic troubles during the World War I era.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Why They MarriedJames Montgomery Flagg · 1906A 1906 illustrated humor book by James Montgomery Flagg, collecting short comic verses with drawings that poke fun at the various reasons couples give for getting married.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية