Comic Novels & Satire

Wodehouse, Jerome, Leacock and Peacock — comic novels, send-ups and the long tradition of satire.

• Peregrine Pickle Tobias Smollett
• A Tale of a Tub Jonathan Swift
• The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins
• Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Stephen Leacock
• Something New P. G. Wodehouse
• Don Quixote (Smollett Translation) Miguel de Cervantes
• Zuleika Dobson Max Beerbohm
• Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven Mark Twain
• The Flying Inn G. K. Chesterton
• Nonsense Novels Stephen Leacock
• English Satires Oliphant Smeaton
• A Day’s Ride Charles Lever
• Extracts from Adam’s Diary Mark Twain
• Seventeen Booth Tarkington
• The American Claimant Mark Twain
• The Wrong Box Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
• Dialstone Lane W. W. Jacobs
• The Female Quixote Charlotte Lennox
• Literary Lapses Stephen Leacock
• The Egoist George Meredith
• The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer Charles Lever
• Parnassus on Wheels Christopher Morley
• The Wheels of Chance H. G. Wells
• Psmith in the City P. G. Wodehouse
• Mike and Psmith P. G. Wodehouse
• Indiscretions of Archie P. G. Wodehouse
• The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy
• Bracebridge Hall Washington Irving
• The Unbearable Bassington Saki
• Psmith, Journalist P. G. Wodehouse
• A Damsel in Distress P. G. Wodehouse
• The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Tobias Smollett
• Pigs Is Pigs Ellis Parker Butler
• A Wodehouse Miscellany P. G. Wodehouse
• Kai Lung’s Golden Hours Ernest Bramah
• Tales of the Long Bow G. K. Chesterton
• The Adventures of Sally P. G. Wodehouse
• A Journey from This World to the Next Henry Fielding
• Pomona’s Travels Frank R. Stockton
• Bab: A Sub-Deb Mary Roberts Rinehart
• Ship’s Company W. W. Jacobs
• Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces Jean Paul
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Anita Loos
• Cap’n Warren’s Wards Joseph C. Lincoln
• Black No More George S. Schuyler
• Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray
• A Rogue’s Life Wilkie Collins
• Nightmare Abbey Thomas Love Peacock
• The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes
• Round the Block John Bell Bouton
• Sailors’ Knots W. W. Jacobs
• Crotchet Castle Thomas Love Peacock
• Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories Mark Twain
• At Sunwich Port W. W. Jacobs
• Out of the Hurly-Burly Max Adeler
• The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers Jonathan Swift
• Shavings Joseph C. Lincoln
• Where There’s a Will Mary Roberts Rinehart
• Brewster’s Millions George Barr McCutcheon
• Penelope’s Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Wiggin
• Mudfog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens
• The Confessions of Con Cregan Charles Lever
• Castles in the Air Baroness Orczy
• The Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut Mark Twain
• Penelope’s Experiences in Scotland Kate Douglas Wiggin
• Captains All and Others W. W. Jacobs
• I and My Chimney Herman Melville
• The Card Arnold Bennett
• Those Extraordinary Twins Mark Twain
• Tish Mary Roberts Rinehart
• Philosophy 4 Owen Wister
• Somebody’s Luggage Charles Dickens
• The History of John Bull John Arbuthnot
• Biltmore Oswald Thorne Smith
• Tartarin of Tarascon Alphonse Daudet
• The Boss of Little Arcady Harry Leon Wilson
• The Unfortunate Traveller Thomas Nashe
• Miss Cayley’s Adventures Grant Allen
• Jorrocks’ Jaunts and Jollities Robert Smith Surtees
• The Monikins James Fenimore Cooper
• Frenzied Fiction Stephen Leacock
• Love Among the Chickens P. G. Wodehouse
• The Attaché Thomas Chandler Haliburton
• Ginx’s Baby Edward Jenkins
• Asmodeus Alain-René Lesage
• The Intrusion of Jimmy P. G. Wodehouse
• Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock
• The Booming of Acre Hill John Kendrick Bangs
• Cobwebs from an Empty Skull Ambrose Bierce
• Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees
• Somewhere in Red Gap Harry Leon Wilson
• When a Man Marries Mary Roberts Rinehart
• Tales of St. Austin’s P. G. Wodehouse
• The Lamplighter Charles Dickens
• H. R. Edwin Lefevre
• Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief James Fenimore Cooper
• The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary Anne Warner
• The Husbands of Edith George Barr McCutcheon
• Queen Lucia E. F. Benson
• Rudder Grange Frank R. Stockton
• A Reversible Santa Claus Meredith Nicholson
• A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling Henry Carey
• The Autobiography of a Quack and The Case of George Dedlow S. Weir Mitchell
• Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne
• Not George Washington P. G. Wodehouse
• The Brother of Daphne Dornford Yates
• Polite Conversation Jonathan Swift
• Count Bunker J. Storer Clouston
• The Swoop! P. G. Wodehouse
• Japhet, in Search of a Father Frederick Marryat
• The Little Warrior P. G. Wodehouse
• Penelope’s English Experiences Kate Douglas Wiggin
• The Reporter Who Made Himself King Richard Harding Davis
• The Angel and the Author Jerome K. Jerome
• Peck’s Bad Boy and His Pa George W. Peck
• The Mirror of Kong Ho Ernest Bramah
• A House-Boat on the Styx John Kendrick Bangs
• One of Them Charles Lever
• The Motor Maid C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
• Boon H. G. Wells
• The Fatal Boots William Makepeace Thackeray
• The Skipper and the Skipped Holman Day
• Xingu Edith Wharton
• Baby Mine Margaret Mayo
• Meet Mr Mulliner P. G. Wodehouse
• Samantha at Saratoga Marietta Holley
• The Old Maids’ Club Israel Zangwill
• Three Courses and a Dessert William Clarke
• Cy Whittaker’s Place Joseph C. Lincoln
• Ruggles of Red Gap Harry Leon Wilson
• A Voyage to Cacklogallinia Samuel Brunt
• The Visits of Elizabeth Elinor Glyn
• The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray
• The Fitz-Boodle Papers William Makepeace Thackeray
• Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé Gustave Droz
• Opus 21 Philip Wylie
• The Great Hoggarty Diamond William Makepeace Thackeray
• Novel Notes Jerome K. Jerome
• The Burning Spear John Galsworthy
• Samantha at the World’s Fair Marietta Holley
• The Slim Princess George Ade
• How Private George W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion George W. Peck
• Tea-Table Talk Jerome K. Jerome
• Paradise Garden George Gibbs
• Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich Stephen Leacock
• Observations by Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne
• A Man of Mark Anthony Hope
• Happy-Go-Lucky Ian Hay
• Men’s Wives William Makepeace Thackeray
• A Voyage of Consolation Sara Jeannette Duncan
• Cap’n Eri Joseph C. Lincoln
• Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Alice Hegan Rice
• Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies Jerome K. Jerome
• Merton of the Movies Harry Leon Wilson
• Urban Sketches Bret Harte
• Lady Penelope Morley Roberts
• Something About Eve James Branch Cabell
• The Cords of Vanity James Branch Cabell
• Goldsmith’s Friend Abroad Again Mark Twain
• The Story of Don Miff Virginius Dabney
• The Day of Days Louis Joseph Vance
• John Henry Smith Frederick Upham Adams
• The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan William Makepeace Thackeray
• In the Sweet Dry and Dry Christopher Morley
• The Princess Sophia E. F. Benson
• The Woman-Haters Joseph C. Lincoln
• Galusha the Magnificent Joseph C. Lincoln
• Roast Beef, Medium Edna Ferber
• The Princess Priscilla’s Fortnight Elizabeth von Arnim
• Told by the Colonel W. L. Alden
• Cape Cod Stories Joseph C. Lincoln
• The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne William J. Locke
• Postscripts O. Henry
• Nature and Human Nature Thomas Chandler Haliburton
• The Philosopher’s Joke Jerome K. Jerome
• The Cruise of the Jasper B. Don Marquis
• A Rebellious Heroine John Kendrick Bangs
• Sam in the Suburbs P. G. Wodehouse
• Fish Preferred P. G. Wodehouse
• The King of Schnorrers Israel Zangwill
• The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me William Allen White
• The Night Club Herbert Jenkins
• The Babe, B.A. E. F. Benson
• Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers Don Marquis
• Billy and the Big Stick Richard Harding Davis
• The Day’s Play A. A. Milne
• The Dolly Dialogues Anthony Hope
• The Mercy of Allah Hilaire Belloc
• A Gentleman of Leisure P. G. Wodehouse
• The Professional Aunt Mary C. E. Wemyss
• The Little Nugget P. G. Wodehouse
• An American Girl in London Sara Jeannette Duncan
• The War of the Wenuses C. L. Graves and E. V. Lucas
• Emmanuel Burden Hilaire Belloc
• Confessions of a Young Lady Richard Marsh
• French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard
• The Heroine Eaton Stannard Barrett
• Nonsenseorship George Palmer Putnam
• Melincourt Thomas Love Peacock
• A Little Dinner at Timmins’s William Makepeace Thackeray
• A Man Made of Money Douglas Jerrold
• The Water Goats, and Other Troubles Ellis Parker Butler
• Alice in Blunderland John Kendrick Bangs
• Bones and I G. J. Whyte-Melville
• The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill Max Beerbohm
• The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton
• A Satire Anthology Carolyn Wells
• The Bedford-Row Conspiracy William Makepeace Thackeray
• A Good Samaritan Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
• The Rivet in Grandfather’s Neck James Branch Cabell
• Tish Plays the Game Mary Roberts Rinehart
• Cobb’s Anatomy Irvin S. Cobb
• Money for Nothing P. G. Wodehouse
• The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon Richard Connell
• The Dodge Club James De Mille
• The Gem Collector P. G. Wodehouse
• A Man of Samples William H. Maher
• Paste Jewels John Kendrick Bangs
• Ukridge P. G. Wodehouse
• The Westminster Alice Saki
• The Life and Adventures of Major Roger Sherman Potter F. Colburn Adams
• Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne
• The Coming of Bill P. G. Wodehouse
• The Make-Believe Man Richard Harding Davis
• My Buried Treasure Richard Harding Davis
• The Small Bachelor P. G. Wodehouse
• Stromboli and the Guns Francis Gribble
• Potash & Perlmutter Montague Glass
• Berry and Co. Dornford Yates
• The Green Carnation Robert Hichens
• The Rudder Grangers Abroad Frank R. Stockton
• Samantha on the Woman Question Marietta Holley
• London Lavender E. V. Lucas
• The Cruise of the Kawa George S. Chappell
• Gallantry James Branch Cabell
• Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford George Randolph Chester
• Peck’s Bad Boy Abroad George W. Peck
• The Sorrows of a Show Girl Kenneth McGaffey
• The Adventures of a Modest Man Robert W. Chambers
• The Pothunters P. G. Wodehouse
• Hocken and Hunken Arthur Quiller-Couch
• Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself H. H. Bashford
• The House of Torchy Sewell Ford
• Merry Tales Mark Twain
• Mystery at Geneva Rose Macaulay
• Spanish Doubloons Camilla Kenyon
• Peck’s Uncle Ike and the Red Headed Boy George W. Peck
• Bardell v. Pickwick Percy Fitzgerald
• On Our Selection Steele Rudd
• A Man of Means P. G. Wodehouse
• Perkins, the Fakeer Edward S. Van Zile
• The Voyage of Captain Popanilla Benjamin Disraeli
• Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. E. Œ. Somerville and Martin Ross
• Captivating Mary Carstairs Henry Sydnor Harrison
• Samantha on the Race Problem Marietta Holley
• Excuse Me! Rupert Hughes
• Tenterhooks Ada Leverson
• Mike Flannery On Duty and Off Ellis Parker Butler
• Anticipation Richard Tickell
• Phemie Frost’s Experiences Ann S. Stephens
• Affairs of State Burton E. Stevenson
• The Caravaners Elizabeth von Arnim
• In Brief Authority F. Anstey
• The Lunatic at Large J. Storer Clouston
• The Four-Masted Cat-Boat Charles Battell Loomis
• My Northern Exposure George S. Chappell
• Stern Bruce Jay Friedman
• The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 Robert Henry Newell
• The Illustrious Gaudissart Honoré de Balzac
• Mr. Poskitt’s Nightcaps J. S. Fletcher
• Mrs. Fitz J. C. Snaith
• The Diary of Delia Onoto Watanna
• Her Majesty the King James Jeffrey Roche
• Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop Anne Warner
• Tales from the Veld Ernest Glanville
• Mr. Hawkins’ Humorous Adventures Edgar Franklin
• Lucia in London E. F. Benson
• Letters from a Son to His Self-Made Father Charles Eustace Merriman
• The Red Hand of Ulster George A. Birmingham
• The Adventures of M. D’Haricot J. Storer Clouston
• Sarah of the Sahara George S. Chappell
• Fore! Charles E. Van Loan
• The Adventures of a Black Coat Anonymous
• Market Harborough and Inside the Bar G. J. Whyte-Melville