Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1, credited to Thomas Lansing Masson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1, edited by Thomas Lansing Masson. Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benjamin Franklin and Washington Irving. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1
• Author credits: Thomas Lansing Masson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 59
• Listed recording duration: 4:38:07

Catalogue topics

• satire
• humor
• collection
• wit
• observations

Opening tracks: first 24 of 59

1. 00 - Introduction — 2:07
2. 01 - Wouter Van Twiller — 10:49
3. 02 - Wilhelmus Kieft — 7:28
4. 03 - Peter Stuyvesant — 2:58
5. 04 - Antony Van Corlear — 5:22
6. 05 - General Van Poffenburgh — 4:34
7. 06 - Maxims — 1:52
8. 07 - Model of a Letter of Recommendation of a Person You Are Unacquainted with — 1:50
9. 08 - Epitaph for Himself by Benjamin Franklin — 1:07
10. 09 - Why He Left — 2:15
11. 10 - Nothing to Wear — 15:44
12. 11 - A Boy's Essay on Girls — 1:36
13. 12 - Deacon Marble — 5:06
14. 13 - The Deacon's Trout — 3:12
15. 14 - The Dog Noble and the Empty Hole — 4:12
16. 15 - Old Grimes — 2:19
17. 16 - Identified — 2:23
18. 17 - One Better — 1:46
19. 18 - My Aunt — 2:37
20. 19 - Miss Albina McLush — 7:15
21. 20 - A Smack in School — 2:07
22. 21 - A Rendition — 1:33
23. 22 - Fancy Diseases — 1:36
24. 23 - Bailed Out — 1:36

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