Comic novels

5 books

Old EbenezerOpie Percival Read · 1897A 19th-century illustrated novel by Opie Percival Read, Old Ebenezer follows Sam Lyman, a former Vermont schoolteacher who moves to a sleepy southwestern town to practice law alongside the local advocate John Caruthers.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The American ClaimantMark Twain · 1892A satirical 1892 novel by Mark Twain in which an English viscount trades places with an American colonel who has inherited a claim to an earldom, leading to comic entanglements involving mistaken identities, love, and the colonel's hopeful schemes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Confidence-Man: His MasqueradeHerman Melville · 1857A novel by Herman Melville, published in 1857, in which a mysterious mute stranger boards a Mississippi steamboat bound for New Orleans. Aboard the Fidele, a series of con men and costumed characters deceive and debate with the passengers.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Gilded Age: A Tale of TodayMark Twain · 1873A satirical 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, The Gilded Age follows the Hawkins family and their dreamed-of fortune in Tennessee land, tracing speculation, schemes, and ambition in post-Civil War America.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The spirit-rapper; an autobiographyOrestes Augustus Brownson · 1854A fictional autobiography, published in 1854 by Orestes Augustus Brownson, narrated by a dying man recounting his involvement with spirit-rapping and spiritualist phenomena. The book examines the movement's connections to reform movements, socialism, and religious skepticism, aiming to defend Christian faith.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية