Funny Classics

Description
Classic novels or historical texts that are notably humorous--deliberately or otherwise.
1
A Modest Proposal [essay]
by Jonathan Swift
1,531 members
53 reviews
4
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Sammelsurium
2
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
by Henry Fielding
8,983 members
104 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Sammelsurium
3
Lysistrata
by Aristophanes
3,219 members
47 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Sammelsurium
4
Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
5,444 members
111 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
5
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
41,544 members
618 reviews
3.8
Member
Sammelsurium
6
The Canterville Ghost
by Oscar Wilde
2,746 members
101 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
7
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
12,046 members
274 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
8
Emma
by Jane Austen
43,889 members
567 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
9
The Carnal Prayer Mat
by Yu Li
420 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Sammelsurium
10
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
16,334 members
201 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
11
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
by George Meredith
534 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
12
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
35,720 members
531 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
13
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
24,885 members
460 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
Mr. Harrison's Confessions
by Elizabeth Gaskell
106 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
15
The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
4,859 members
138 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
16
Against Nature
by Joris-Karl Huysmans
3,982 members
80 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
17
Il Pentamerone: The Tale of Tales
by Giambattista Basile
504 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
18
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
5,153 members
143 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
19
Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World
by Fanny Burney
2,838 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
20
Candide
by Voltaire
23,043 members
345 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda