Funny Classics

Description
Classic novels or historical texts that are notably humorous--deliberately or otherwise.
1
A Modest Proposal [essay]
by Jonathan Swift
1,535 members
53 reviews
4
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Sammelsurium
2
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
by Henry Fielding
9,004 members
103 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Sammelsurium
3
Lysistrata
by Aristophanes
3,219 members
48 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Sammelsurium
4
Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
5,456 members
112 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
5
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
41,730 members
619 reviews
3.8
Member
Sammelsurium
6
The Canterville Ghost
by Oscar Wilde
2,762 members
101 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
7
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
12,081 members
273 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
8
Emma
by Jane Austen
44,112 members
570 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
9
The Carnal Prayer Mat
by Yu Li
421 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Sammelsurium
10
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
16,295 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
35,870 members
532 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
13
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
24,987 members
463 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
Mr. Harrison's Confessions
by Elizabeth Gaskell
107 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
15
The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
4,873 members
138 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
16
Against Nature
by Joris-Karl Huysmans
3,994 members
80 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
17
Il Pentamerone: The Tale of Tales
by Giambattista Basile
507 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
18
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
5,166 members
143 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
19
Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World
by Fanny Burney
2,840 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
20
Candide
by Voltaire
23,135 members
344 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda