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... all that have read it.The story opens with the vicar losing his fortune and moving to another parish. What follows is a tale of love,deceit,betrayal,humour and a hidden hero…..It was one of Charles Dickens favourite books and a source of inspiration to him. No further recommendation is needed. Enjoy. (Summary by Tadhg)...

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... contemporary social evils, including the workhouse, child labour and the recruitment of children as criminals. The novel is full of sarcasm and dark humour, even as it treats its serious subject, revealing the hypocrisies of the time. It has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations, and the basis for a highly successful British musical, Oliver!. (Summa...

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...ythical beasts, and many other nice (and not so nice) people and creatures. As with all Edith Nesbit's tales, The Magic City has generous helpings of humour, imagination and interesting ideas, as well as the over-arching story of how a boy and girl who have unwillingly become step-brother and sister eventually learn to like each other. A story that works on many levels and...

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...came famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique topsy-turvy style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert's cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as w...

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...was coming, she had replied: “Well, he has to be nice, and have a good sense of humour. Um, kind, nice looking...” “You put ‘good sense of humour’... ...obably trying to think up a witty reply. Remember that I said I liked a sense of humour? Well, I wasn’t lying. It’s not just good-looking boys that ...

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...pened. Who can believe such foolhardy? Sasani has its fair share of problems including, it seems, a lack of a sense of humour. And true to ...

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...aggly and raven eyebrows, lips cruel and eyes chillingly penetrating. He finds his sense of humour irresistible. It often is. My baby face is frame... ...y cruel, indifferently relentless, single-mindedly propagative, amoral, steeped in gallows humour. My employer insisted that Pierre admitted to a c...

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...wn joke and winked at Gavin, who was more than a little surprised at the gallantry and unexpected humour of this dour Scottish General. Audrey Bla...

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...ght of Holy Scripture which he cast into my mind in almost every page, that I was in no humour to be angry with the Romish fashion in which some of ...

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...A-del. Humoro estas en E samsignifa kiel itale umore, france humeur, angle humour. En vasta sencoĝi signifasĉian,ĉu gajanĉu malgajan spiritan staton, ...

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...g over the next 10 years. It was not always held in high esteem by other writers (Samuel Johnson responded that, Nothing odd can last), but its bawdy humour was popular with London society, and it has come to be seen as one of the greatest comic novels in English, as well as a forerunner for many modern narrative devices. (Summary from Wikipedia)...

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...nd are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, s...

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...rliest plays, believed to have been written between 1592 and 1594. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and ...

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...g over the next 10 years. It was not always held in high esteem by other writers (Samuel Johnson responded that, Nothing odd can last), but its bawdy humour was popular with London society, and it has come to be seen as one of the greatest comic novels in English, as well as a forerunner for many modern narrative devices. (Summary from Wikipedia)...

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...turns out to be a pretty ugly affair. It opens up the cracks in the social divides, religious discrimination and dark family secrets. Told with wry humour and compassion for the pain of children, unseen by adults, a complex web of history unfolds underneath the rivalries and small disasters of Nyla's school play in which she is cast as an angel. Well, at least she’s not...

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...nd are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language.This is the story of Camilla, her beloved but selfish brother Lionel, her sisters Eugenia and Lavinia, and their extremely beautiful but thoughtless cousin Indiana...

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...essity of any interaction with her kin, at home. Rather, she would look after Jagan Nath's requirements, every now and then, just to keep him in good humour. In fact, they had assumed to themselves the status of unwed spouses. .......... My husband tells me that you are my tenant. If you think of blackmailing me in the absence of my husband, who is on business tour of th...

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...essity of any interaction with her kin, at home. Rather, she would look after Jagan Nath's requirements, every now and then, just to keep him in good humour. In fact, they had assumed to themselves the status of unwed spouses. .......... My husband tells me that you are my tenant. If you think of blackmailing me in the absence of my husband, who is on business tour of th...

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...ease the grown-ups. E. Nesbit, as usual, transports us back to the hazy summer days of a well-to-do Edwardian childhood, liberally spiced with magic, humour and lessons learned. Published exactly 100 years ago, this is one of her least-known children's books, out of print for many years, and with no text available online at the time of recording. Yes, it's dated. Yes, it's...

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... in 19th century Finland, as well as of life in Paris, on the grand tour in Italy and so on. Ramsay's style of writing is free and full of delightful humour -- often at the author's own expense. His life is also a good illustration of the process of industrialisation in Finland, as well as of the triumph of the capitalist spirit over older, aristocratic values. Born a nobl...