1000 Years Of Laughter
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VARIOUS WRITERS
1000 Years Of Laughter
Carole Boyd, Griff Rhys Jones, Jonathan Keeble, John Moffatt; Cathy Sara; David Timson (readers)
[ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 7 October 2002
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Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. David Timson starts with Anglo-Saxon riddles and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns and Restoration buffoonery. The rise of the novel in the eighteenth century brought classic humour from Swift, Sterne and Smollet, passing the mantle to Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Included here are rarities as well, from the antiquarian's cupboard. There are also excerpts from children's literature and twentieth-century classics as diverse as Dorothy Parker and P.G. Wodehouse. An entertainment from start to finish.
Over five hours!
