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Daudet's atmospheric Letters from a Windmill, combined with Jerome K. Jerome's wonderfully idle ramblings. He was indeed the original founder of The Idler and famous for his classic novel Three Men and a Boat.

From money-making schemes involving placing wagers on vicars to poor Bingo having to produce the village school Christmas entertainments, every one of Wodehouse’s superb short stories are guarantee to raise a smile from even the most stony-faced listener!

One of Edgar Allen Poe’s more lighthearted stories, this details the investigation of a mummy named Allamistakeo. After finding the body of the mummy in good condition, the mummy researchers use electricity to bring him back to life. Allamistakeo then proceeds to have a conversation with the crew - from what ancient Egypt was like to what religion was like. The conversation ends abruptly when the researchers ask him a question about the beginning of the universe, calling to play the reigning religion at the time.

The first volume of Wodehouse's brilliant complete and unabridged short stories. Originally a semi-novel, this version contains self-contained stories which are nonetheless linked, often by Bingo Little, an endearingly hopeless chap and a serial romancer.

Size does matter in these delightfully tiny tales populated with narcoleptic drivers, bickering backers, suspicious spouses, and other memorable characters. Full of dark humor, intrigue, and absurdity, this collection of slightly sinister (and occasionally sweet) stories delivers a bite-size listening experience to satisfy any literary craving.

Oskar Panizza: Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square. gelesen von Werner Wilkening. Die Erzählung "Das Verbrechen in Tavistock-Square" ist ein ironischer Protest gegen die übertrieben prüde Sexualmoral (nicht nur im wilhelminischen Deutschland) seiner Zeit. 1891 veröffentlichte Panizza den Text in dem Almanach "Modernes Leben", einem Sammelband der Münchner Modernen. Dieses Buch wurde sofort nach Erscheinen von der Staatsanwaltschaft konfisziert, gegen Panizza sogar Anklage wegen Vergehens gegen die Sittlichkeit erhoben, die allerdings bald wieder fallengelassen wurde.