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  2. The Peterkin Papers - Wikipedia

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    The Peterkin Papers is a collection of humorous short stories by American author Lucretia Peabody Hale. The book was first published in 1880, and a sequel, The Last of the Peterkins was printed in 1886. [1]

  3. Mark Twain's Library of Humor - Wikipedia

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    Mark Twain's Library of Humor is an 1888 anthology of short humorous works compiled by Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, William Dean Howells and Charles Hopkins Clark. In 1880, George Gebbie suggested to Mark Twain that he publish an anthology of humorous works. The idea evolved into a project financed by Clemens to produce an ...

  4. List of humorists - Wikipedia

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    James Thurber (1894–1961) cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit, best known for his cartoons and short stories published mainly in The New Yorker. Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) writer for Vanity Fair, Vogue and other magazines, playwright, and a close friend of Benchley, was known for her biting, satirical wit.

  5. The Best Short-Story Collections of 2023

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    Good Women, by Halle Hill. In these edgy stories set in Appalachia and the Deep South, Black women face the full monty of modern life—weirdo predators, bogus jobs, ill-fated pregnancies, the ...

  6. 100 Years of Reader’s Digest: People, Stories, Laughter - AOL

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    A Century of Laughter. 100 Years Laughing Matters 1000x667 En. For 100 years, Reader’s Digest has proudly re-printed the funniest and corniest gags, anecdotes, and pithy one-liners in the pages ...

  7. List of satirists and satires - Wikipedia

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    Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia/ Soviet Union) – Heart of a Dog, The Master and Margarita. Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US) satirical writer of humorous short stories, poetry and book reviews. Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union) Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) – Point Counter Point, Brave New World.

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