# On Punning

An audiobook by Theodore Hook, read by LibriVox volunteers (37 min, English).

Theodore Edward Hook was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1810. The world's first postcard was received by Hook in 1840, which he probably posted to himself. Here he gives a humorous look at homophones - Summary by Wikipedia

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## Chapters

1. On Punning - Read by AA (2:43): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_aa_64kb.mp3
2. On Punning - Read by BK (4:16): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_bk_64kb.mp3
3. On Punning - Read by EL (3:58): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_el_64kb.mp3
4. On Punning - Read by JCB (3:14): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_jcb_64kb.mp3
5. On Punning - Read by JP (3:01): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_jp_64kb.mp3
6. On Punning - Read by LCW (3:03): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_lcw_64kb.mp3
7. On Punning - Read by MAS (3:19): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_mas_64kb.mp3
8. On Punning - Read by PDG (3:09): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_pdg_64kb.mp3
9. On Punning - Read by PS (3:22): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_ps_64kb.mp3
10. On Punning - Read by TP (3:06): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_tp_64kb.mp3
11. On Punning - Read by VB (3:55): https://archive.org/download/on_punning_1710.poem_librivox/onpunning_hook_vb_64kb.mp3