I love this idea!! I find the Spanish 'picaresca' to be v funny, as it was intended. The Quixote is a reeeally fun satire about medieval knight stories, it you are daunted by the length you can always read parts of it, feels like a compilation of short stories
I went to see David Copperfield last week and was remembering our trip to the Trotwood house and all those handsome pictures of Charles D on the wall! X
Don't miss the very short, but very funny, "George, don't do that" by Joyce Grenfell. Totally lets you in to the comic world of a nursery where the adult tries to maintain control amidst the chaos. I laughes so hard reading it I walked in to a lamp post.
Nice list! I would have say P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series is my favourite and if you listen to the Jonathan Cecil audiobooks you'll love it even more!
I looove so many of these! Cold Comfort Farm is a delight. I'm so excited for the new David Copperfield movie too. I think any PG Wodehouse is genuinely a hilarious treat.
I just finished David Copperfield and I thought it was really comic whilst I was reading it. Mr Micawber, Betsy Trotwood and Barkis are all so comic. Yes there's seriousness in it but it's definitely the opposite of bleak.
@@BookBreak I saw it on a double bill in the theater and don't remember what the other film was. It was released in 1995 and the cast included Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley and Ian McKellen. Kate played Flora, and her rural relatives were an amazing pack of eccentrics.
I love this idea!! I find the Spanish 'picaresca' to be v funny, as it was intended. The Quixote is a reeeally fun satire about medieval knight stories, it you are daunted by the length you can always read parts of it, feels like a compilation of short stories
I went to see David Copperfield last week and was remembering our trip to the Trotwood house and all those handsome pictures of Charles D on the wall! X
Hahahah YES I could not stop thinking about that either! What a HANDSOME man
I absolutely love your humour and wonderful happiness and spirit!! You are a wonderful tonic for a bad day. Thank you for your exquisite presence!
Don't miss the very short, but very funny, "George, don't do that" by Joyce Grenfell. Totally lets you in to the comic world of a nursery where the adult tries to maintain control amidst the chaos. I laughes so hard reading it I walked in to a lamp post.
Nice list! I would have say P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series is my favourite and if you listen to the Jonathan Cecil audiobooks you'll love it even more!
I looove so many of these! Cold Comfort Farm is a delight. I'm so excited for the new David Copperfield movie too. I think any PG Wodehouse is genuinely a hilarious treat.
Agreed, I love PG Wodehouse! Never fails to make me laugh out loud.
Cold Comfort Farm is one of my favourite classics, and the movie adaptation is even better! 😍
Ooh I didn't even know there was a film!
Book Break yeah! It has Stephen Fry in it! And Ian McKellen!
I've still never read Vile Bodies, but love the film!
Catch 22 is the funniest book I have ever read
I just finished David Copperfield and I thought it was really comic whilst I was reading it. Mr Micawber, Betsy Trotwood and Barkis are all so comic. Yes there's seriousness in it but it's definitely the opposite of bleak.
My favourite types of funny books are often the ones that are quite sad stories told in a comical way!
@@BookBreak like Roddy Doyle books
Right, I'm off to get Cold Comfort Farm - how come I've never read that?
It seems right up your alley!
Cold Comfort Farm was a hilarious film! Gotta read the book.
I've actually never seen the film!
@@BookBreak I saw it on a double bill in the theater and don't remember what the other film was. It was released in 1995 and the cast included Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley and Ian McKellen. Kate played Flora, and her rural relatives were an amazing pack of eccentrics.