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What are some funny books/authors from before the 1960's?

>> No.18702123

the greeks, specially Aristophanes.

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SJ Perleman
Groucho Marx (not sure when memoirs of a mangy lover came out but it's good)
HL Mencken
Robert Benchley
Dorothy Parker

>> No.18703395

GK Chesterton can be very (intentionally) funny even while being totally serious.

And of course there's Wodehouse.