What to read if you want to laugh heartily

1. "The plumber, his cat, his wife and other details," Thank Se

Latvian writer and popular blogger Vyacheslav Soldatenkov aka Vanych knows what angle you look at life, to see her better. At the time, he left the business and marketing and became a plumber, to spend more time with their children. However, his wife did not appreciate the bold step and left. Slava Se hands down and started blogging. Thumbnails of him and became the basis of the book.

In this collection there is a story about what we are facing and that experience every day. Hike in kindergarten early in the morning, returning home from work, and even a meeting with Apollo janitor or Kolya, demon broom and steam - it's all very funny.

The book is recommended to read the gray days, to boost morale, and a charge of optimism.

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2. "I keep hitting, Jeeves!", P. G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse knows everything about the British tradition, because it is Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. The famous English playwright brought the cycle of novels about Bertie Wooster, a young aristocrat. Bertie constantly gets into trouble, the result of which could be the ruin of the scandal, his marriage, and other troubles. Fortunately, the aid comes time to master the faithful guardian angel - a dedicated servant Jeeves.

Adventure fun couple generously peppered with subtle British humorAnd now prudish England seems to the reader not so ceremonious and chinnoy. Elegant style of the main character to resist feminine charms and shy away from marriage is worthy of the highest praise. The book argues that English aristocrats can be damn funny.

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3. "We are with the Queen", Sue Townsend

British classical tradition of humor keeps British writer Sue Townsend. She guessed what would happen if the Queen of England to move into the slums with bugs and stray dogs. So I get this funny book about the misadventures of Crowned person, who managed to save face in adverse circumstances. This queen will negotiate and raise even wild cockroaches, what can we say about people.

Sue Townsend comes from the people and in literature came in a roundabout way. However, the writer managed to convey in the book common to many British quivering attachment to the crown. Subtle humor and easy style will make hours spent with a book in minutes.

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4. "Santa Hryakus" Terry Pratchett

Meet the main character Strashdestva - Santa Hryakusa. You have to decorate the house with paper sausages, hung over the fireplace socks or even an old pillowcase? If not, do not be surprised disappearance Hryakusa and get ready to take part in investigations conducted by Susan - the daughter of Death. You are waiting for hitrospletonnye intrigue, meeting with the Guild of assassins and auditors reality.

Graceful humor Terry Pratchett does not leave anyone indifferent. You can not resist the charm of the magic of one who so much fun writing about complex ideas and philosophical questions. And the seriousness of the author knows a lot: not just in 2009, Queen Elizabeth II knighted him bachelor. In the 90s, Terry Pratchett was named the most read author of the UKAnd a total circulation of his books exceed 80 million.

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5. "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome - classic humorous prose. It is ironic work tells readers about the adventures of three gentlemen, floated on the Thames. In the journey they are accompanied by a dog, which became comical character. By the way, Montmorency the dog - a fictional character, but a few years after the publication of the novel the author got the dog, almost completely corresponds to the description in the book. The gift was made in St. Petersburg.

The ideas and thoughts of the main characters do not lose their relevance in our time - who did not sleep on the job, not savored own ailments, mostly imaginary, and not drunk told funny stories.

It is interesting that after the extraordinary popularity of the book was published by Thames acquired alloys. River instantly became a favorite attraction of English.

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6. "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams sure space It can be funny. Proof - fiction novel, which has grown from chetyrohseriynoy radio and headed the 1984 list of English bestsellers. From that moment it began a triumphal procession of Adams and his creations around the world.

Protagonist of the book - Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman. Together with a friend, he falls into various alterations, and meets a lot of motley characters. Heroes roam the galaxy in search of that same answer to the same question. Reading about their misadventures, it is difficult to resist the hearty laugh.

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7. "My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell

Writer, animal painter Gerald Durrell could not write an autobiographical story in a different style. The book describes the five years that the zoologist and his family spent on the island of Corfu in Greece. It was then, at the age of ten years, Gerald realized the beauty and the richness of the surrounding nature. And the power that gives every person his family.

Ironic and very good story will make you take another look at his family, friends and nature. By the way, the popularity of travel to the island of Corfu came just after Darrell's book came out.

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8. "Suitcase", Sergei Dovlatov

It's hard to keep from smiling and laughing, plunging into the world of Sergei Dovlatov. Whether there will still though one writer who managed to turn the story of Finnish socks bestseller?

This collection consists of several short, but very capacious stories, anecdotes. The leitmotif of the story - driven to the absolute absurdity of life in the USSR: the turn of the beer is not surprised by the appearance among the suffering Peter I, characteristic of the "rabble" sounds the highest praise goner rich and purer spirit who sets moral norms.

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9. "Blue Book", Mikhail Zoshchenko

Zoshchenko is considered to be a classic Russian literature. Fame and recognition came to the writer immediately. During his life he has tried many different professions, and even managed to work as a shoemaker. Rich experience and knowledge of the people became the basis of his work.

The collection includes classic stories, jokes about human relationships. Money, love, deceit, bad luck and amazing events - all that is familiar and modern man.

This is the same product, which is read with ease. Unbanal thin humor and mastery of Zoshchenko fascinating. The author, like a storyteller or minstrel, succinctly and aptly joked readers to the joy.

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10. "The genius among kozyavok" Faina Ranevskaya

A sense of humor Faina Ranevskaya, Queen of the second plan, has become a legend. Sardonic wisdom actress little-liked at the time, but it leaves no one indifferent. Each of her role was an event not to take place without the public's attention. Statements Ranevskaya quickly became cruise - only Faina had the courage to say out loud what many thought about.

The book contains the most vivid and funny stories told or invented Ranevskaya. Her life will appear to the reader in a new light: sorrow and misery will cover humor, laughter protect from disappointment. Tremendous strength and heartfelt warmth felt by each who decide to devote an evening to this collection of stories.

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