Description:
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 humor 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. 1,000 Years of Laughter is entertainment from start to finish.
Brief description:
David Timson is an actor, voice actor, and playwright. His narrations have earned thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards. He is best known for his narration of The Complete Sherlock Holmes audiobook, in which he voices all 125 characters in the Holmes novels and short stories. His screen credits include Poirot: Evil Under the Sun, The Bill, Nelson's Column, and Casualty. His theater work includes Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He is a voiceover artist who has made over 1,000 broadcasts for BBC Radio Drama.