| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (300 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Classic literature with classical music.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Various Readers. |
| Summary |
Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. David Timson starts with Anglo-Saxon riddles and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns and Restoration buffoonery. The rise of the novel in the eighteenth century brought classic humour from Swift, Sterne and Smollet, passing the mantle to Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Included here are rarities as well, from the antiquarian's cupboard. There are also excerpts from children's literature and twentieth-century classics as diverse as Dorothy Parker and P. G. Wodehouse. Entertaining from start to finish. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
English wit and humor.
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American wit and humor.
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Literature.
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| Genre |
Humorous fiction.
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| Added Author |
Boyd, Carole. Narrator.
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Keeble, Jonathan (Flautist) Narrator.
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Moffatt, John, 1922-2012. Narrator.
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Sara, Cathy. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Anthology of classic comic prose |
| ISBN |
9789629547028 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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9629547023 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11104047 |
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