Classic British Humor

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Cold Comfort Farm

af Stella Gibbons

5,796 medlemmer

223 anmeldelser

4

5 Members: pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar, ahef1963
Forklaringer: thorold: Like The Rainbow, but funnier

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The Code of the Woosters

af P. G. Wodehouse

3,873 medlemmer

67 anmeldelser

½ 4.3

5 Members: aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar
Forklaringer: thorold: I could add a hundred Wodehouse novels to this list, but you get the idea...

3

Carry On, Jeeves

af P. G. Wodehouse

3,533 medlemmer

74 anmeldelser

4.1

5 Members: aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar

4

Jeeves, den uforlignelige

af P. G. Wodehouse

3,387 medlemmer

83 anmeldelser

4

5 Members: aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar

5

Kærlighed i koldt klima

af Nancy Mitford

1,698 medlemmer

44 anmeldelser

3.8

5 Members: aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar

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Tre mand i en båd (for ikke at tale om hunden)

af Jerome K. Jerome

7,719 medlemmer

290 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar

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Cranford

af Elizabeth Gaskell

4,557 medlemmer

132 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, merrystar

8

Decline and Fall

af Evelyn Waugh

3,643 medlemmer

59 anmeldelser

3.9

4 Members: aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR
Forklaringer: thorold: Waugh's first novel, and probably his funniest

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Hemmelig dagbog for Adrian Mole 13 3/4 år

af Sue Townsend

3,587 medlemmer

65 anmeldelser

3.8

4 Members: pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, martensgirl
Forklaringer: thorold: Sue Townsend's send-up of adolescence is probably only funny if you're safely beyond that stage

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The Diary of a Nobody

af George Grossmith

3,294 medlemmer

92 anmeldelser

½ 3.7

4 Members: pamelad, thorold, VivienneR, martensgirl

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Mapp and Lucia

af E. F. Benson

949 medlemmer

29 anmeldelser

4.2

4 Members: aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR
Forklaringer: thorold: Rye humour

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England, Their England

af A. G. Macdonell

377 medlemmer

11 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

4 Members: aprille, pamelad, thorold, VivienneR
Forklaringer: thorold: Not as funny as people say it is, but worth it for the cricket match

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Scoop

af Evelyn Waugh

3,831 medlemmer

83 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: pamelad, thorold, VivienneR

14

1066 and All That

af W.C. Sellar

2,625 medlemmer

51 anmeldelser

4

3 Members: aprille, pamelad, merrystar

15

Zuleika Dobson

af Max Beerbohm

1,689 medlemmer

37 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

3 Members: aprille, pamelad, thorold
Forklaringer: thorold: Funniest mass suicide novel. Ever.

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The Short Stories of Saki

af Saki

1,451 medlemmer

26 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: aprille, thorold, merrystar

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Diary of a Provincial Lady

af E.M. Delafield

1,120 medlemmer

39 anmeldelser

4.1

3 Members: aprille, pamelad, VivienneR

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High Rising

af Angela Thirkell

681 medlemmer

43 anmeldelser

3.8

3 Members: aprille, thorold, merrystar
Forklaringer: thorold: Thirkell was a snob and a reactionary, but she was also very good at mocking the English upper middle classes

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