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When ignored at a feast due to his simple attire, Nasreddin returns in fine clothes and feeds the offered delicacies to his coat, declaring it was the coat, not him, that received the welcome.

Bertie Wooster is dispatched to America by his formidable Aunt Agatha to prevent his cousin Gussie Mannering-Phipps from marrying a vaudeville actress, leading to a series of comedic entanglements and the unexpected reunion of Gussie's mother with an old flame from her own stage career.

A mischievous boy named Nicholas, in disgrace with his aunt, cleverly gains access to the forbidden lumber-room, a place of unimagined treasures, while his aunt meets an unfortunate, and amusing, mishap.

A house cat named Tobermory, having been taught to speak, throws a high-society gathering into chaos by revealing the guests' scandalous secrets, leading to his untimely death.

A struggling musician and her mysterious upstairs neighbor, a painter, develop a relationship through humorous misunderstandings and secret acts of patronage that ultimately reveal his true identity and affection.

Eve chronicles her daily experiences and observations in the Garden of Eden, her burgeoning relationship with Adam, and her innocent discoveries about the world and herself.

A homeless man named Soapy tries various schemes to get arrested so he can spend the winter in the warmth and safety of a jail cell, only to be arrested when he finally resolves to turn his life around.

An American mining-broker’s clerk, stranded in London, comes into possession of a million-pound bank-note through a bet between two wealthy brothers, leading to a series of humorous and fortunate events.

In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend's friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as requested to do, and I hereunto append the result.