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1,000 Years of Laughter

An anthology of classic comic prose

Read by Griff Rhys Jones with Carole Boyd, Jonathan Keeble, John Moffatt, Cathy Sara & David Timson

unabridged

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.

4 CDs

Running Time: 5 h 0 m

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ISBN:	978-962-634-269-5
Digital ISBN:	978-962-954-702-8
Cat. no.:	NA426912
CD RRP:	$28.98 USD
Download size:	73 MB
BISAC:	FIC003000
Released:	August 2002

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