John Kane wrote:
> On Jul 29, 4:02 pm, Neil Jones <castellan2004-cn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Don Phillipson wrote:
>>> "Neil Jones" <castellan2004-cn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:E85ri.12270$GO6.1721@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> The only funny author that I know is P.G. Wodehouse
>>>> who makes fun of the mistakes of the rich. Are there any other good
>>>> authors or classic books that are funny?
>>> Tell us first whether you prefer American, British or
>>> other funny novels. People who enjoy Thurber or S.J.
>>> Perelman may not enjoy Roald Dahl or Evelyn Waugh.
>> Thank you for replying. I am interested in funny novels without any
bad
>> language. It does not matter if it is
British/American/Australian/Indian.
>>
>> NJ
>
> Most of the Jerome K. Jerome books.
>
> For light mystery reading the early Donald Westlake books are fun.
>
> For rather funny but caustic social commentary Jane Eyre
>
The last comment, in itself, is hilarious.
That particular novel is about as funny as sawing off a limb (of one's
own)
without the benefit of anaesthetic. It is almost certainly intended by
the
author to be even less funny than that.
--
Blue Sow
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