Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus Ward, George Macdonald, Max Adeler, Samuel Lover, and Others

"Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers" by Various is a collection of funny stories from the late 1800s that uses wit and makes fun of things. Penned by celebrated storytellers, including George MacDonald and Charles Dickens, the compilation spins a spectrum of engaging plots. The accounts consist of dreamlike components woven alongside the relationships between characters, like the bond between prestigious families and magical spirits. The initial story, "Grey Dolphin," tells about an odd event at Shurland Castle, following Emmanuel Saddleton, a clerk tasked by the strong-willed St. Bridget with getting a drowned man's body that was buried too close to her sacred space. The story is a funny mix of the Baron of Shurland's strange personality and confusion over the dead sailor, offering a funny look at the characters' odd problems and their interactions with people and spiritual beings; promising readers a collection of laughter and suspense made masterfully by these storytellers.