Classic British Humor

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Looking for classic literature from Britain that is funny.
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classic British humor
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La filla de Robert Poste
de Stella Gibbons
5,663 membres
219 ressenyes
4
5 Members
pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar, ahef1963
Explicacions
thorold: Like The Rainbow, but funnier
2
El Codi dels Wooster
de P. G. Wodehouse
3,778 membres
62 ressenyes
½ 4.3
5 Members
aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar
Explicacions
thorold: I could add a hundred Wodehouse novels to this list, but you get the idea...
3
Carry On, Jeeves
de P. G. Wodehouse
3,459 membres
72 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar
4
The Inimitable Jeeves
de P. G. Wodehouse
3,286 membres
78 ressenyes
4
5 Members
aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar
5
Love in a Cold Climate
de Nancy Mitford
1,655 membres
44 ressenyes
3.8
5 Members
aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar
6
Tres Homes Dins D'una Barca (Sense comptar-hi el gos)
de Jerome K. Jerome
7,511 membres
287 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar
7
Cranford
de Elizabeth Gaskell
4,460 membres
129 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar
8
Decline and Fall
de Evelyn Waugh
3,543 membres
59 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR
Explicacions
thorold: Waugh's first novel, and probably his funniest
9
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
de Sue Townsend
3,501 membres
61 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, martensgirl
Explicacions
thorold: Sue Townsend's send-up of adolescence is probably only funny if you're safely beyond that stage
10
The Diary of a Nobody
de George Grossmith
3,213 membres
91 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, martensgirl
11
Mapp and Lucia
de E. F. Benson
940 membres
28 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR
Explicacions
thorold: Rye humour
12
England, Their England
de A. G. Macdonell
366 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 3.4
4 Members
aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR
Explicacions
thorold: Not as funny as people say it is, but worth it for the cricket match
13
Últimes notícies
de Evelyn Waugh
3,719 membres
81 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
pamelad, thorold, VivienneR
15
Zuleika Dobson
de Max Beerbohm
1,651 membres
37 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
aprille, pamelad, thorold
Explicacions
thorold: Funniest mass suicide novel. Ever.
16
The Short Stories of Saki
de Saki
1,462 membres
26 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
aprille, thorold, merrystar
17
Diary of a Provincial Lady
de E.M. Delafield
1,092 membres
38 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
aprille, pamelad, VivienneR
18
High Rising
de Angela Thirkell
670 membres
42 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
aprille, thorold, merrystar
Explicacions
thorold: Thirkell was a snob and a reactionary, but she was also very good at mocking the English upper middle classes
19
Seny i sentiment
de Jane Austen
37,164 membres
513 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
pamelad, ahef1963
20
Emma
de Jane Austen
36,944 membres
497 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
pamelad, ahef1963
21
Persuasió
de Jane Austen
27,920 membres
522 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
pamelad, ahef1963
22
Northanger Abbey
de Jane Austen
21,059 membres
409 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
pamelad, thorold
23
La importància de ser Frank
de Oscar Wilde
10,552 membres
177 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
24
I Capture the Castle
de Dodie Smith
9,027 membres
288 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
thorold, merrystar
25
Jim i la sort : novel·la
de Kingsley Amis
5,730 membres
152 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
aprille, thorold
Explicacions
thorold: The pioneering comic campus novel of the 1950s (before they had "campuses")
26
Barchester Towers
de Anthony Trollope
4,826 membres
105 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
pamelad, thorold
27
Excellent Women
de Barbara Pym
2,678 membres
120 ressenyes
4
2 Members
pamelad, VivienneR
28
Small World
de David Lodge
2,086 membres
33 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
aprille, thorold
29
My Man Jeeves
de P. G. Wodehouse
2,084 membres
105 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
aprille, ahef1963
30
The Towers of Trebizond
de Rose Macaulay
1,231 membres
37 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
aprille, pamelad
31
The History Man
de Malcolm Bradbury
820 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
aprille, thorold
32
The Lady's Not for Burning
de Christopher Fry
445 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 4.5
2 Members
aprille, merrystar
33
Nightingale Wood
de Stella Gibbons
425 membres
14 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
aprille, merrystar
Explicacions
merrystar: I prefer this to Cold Comfort Farm
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Augustus Carp, Esq., By Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man
de Henry Howarth Bashford
378 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
aprille, pamelad
35
Esprit de Corps
de Lawrence Durrell
186 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
aprille, pamelad
36
The Polyglots
de William Gerhardie
171 membres
6 ressenyes
3.2
2 Members
aprille, pamelad
37
My Friend Muriel
de Jane Duncan
65 membres
3.9
2 Members
aprille, merrystar
38
The Way of All Flesh
de Samuel Butler
3,513 membres
40 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
aprille,thorold
Explicacions
thorold : The Butler did it
40
Charlie i la fàbrica de xocolata
de Roald Dahl
24,274 membres
438 ressenyes
4.1
Member
ahef1963,merrystar ,martensgirl
Explicacions
merrystar : childrens
41
El James i el préssec gegant
de Roald Dahl
19,126 membres
353 ressenyes
3.9
Member
ahef1963,merrystar ,martensgirl
Explicacions
merrystar : childrens