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Books in the Humorous genre:

Indiscretions of Archie (1921)

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Archie, a bankrupt Englishman brings his wife to her native New York to seek her father’s blessing (and a dowry would also be nice) and immediately gets into a row with a hotelier who turns out to be his father-in-law. Read online at archive.or... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Indiscretions of Archie (1921)

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Archie, a bankrupt Englishman brings his wife to her native New York to seek her father’s blessing (and a dowry would also be nice) and immediately gets into a row with a hotelier who turns out to be his father-in-law. Read online at archive.or... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Jill the Reckless (1921)

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Jill loses her money and her fiance, goes to America, makes some money, invests it in a play that fails, Wally Mason, who has loved her since she was a child, fixes it and she has a successful play and a husband. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Love Among the Chickens: Revised (1921)

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Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge makes his first appearance in this novel. He persuades his friend Jeremy Garnet, an Old Wrykynian, to join him and his wife in a chicken ranch. Jeremy meets Phyllis Derrick on the train to Lyme Regis and sets out to ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Money in My Socks Says Pat O'Brien Go Jingle 'em 'an See (1921)

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Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Nonsense Novels (1921)

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A collection of parodies of popular novels. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): John Kettelwell

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The Adventures of Sally (1922)

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Sally Nicholas is a popular young woman who lives in a boarding house in New York and works as a taxi dancer. Upon reaching her twenty-first birthday, she inherits a considerable fortune. Sally tries to adjust to her new life, but financial and roman... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922)

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A collection of golf stories told by the Oldest Member. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Gentle Julia (1922)

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Julia Atwater’s large family connection, and especially her niece Florence, takes an intense interest in her social life. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Worth Brehm
C. Allan Gilbert

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The Girl on the Boat (1922)

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Wilhermina ‘Billie’ Bennett is on her way to England. On the boat are three suitors - who will be victorious? Read online at Gutenberg.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Rootabaga Stories (1922)

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The first collection of American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies. This is the first edition containing eight chapters. Later editions with this title also include the stories from Rootabaga Pigeons. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at archive.... View More

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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Skippy Bedelle (1922)

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Further adventures of the Lawrenceville School inmates. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s): Ernest Fuhr

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Three Men and a Maid (1922)

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Wilhemina ‘Billie’ Bennet is on her way to England. Three of her suitors are aboard. Who will win through? Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Two Friends and Their Supporting Investments (1922)

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A promotional give-away for a stock brokerage firm.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Tony Sarg

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Ghosts What Ain’t (1923)

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A humorous sermon on not letting our fears prevent us from acting. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Harold Cue

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The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)

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A collection of Bertie and Jeeves short stories.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Jeeves (1923)

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A collection of short stories about Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Miss Mapp (1923)

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Miss Elizabeth Mapp leads the social life of Tilling from her fine old family home of Mallards. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s): None

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Mostly Sally (1923)

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When Sally comes into a small legacy her problems multiply. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Rootabaga Pigeons (1923)

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More American fairy tales by the poet of the prairies. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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