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Jest books (or joke books) are collections of jokes and humorous anecdotes in book form – a literary genre which reached its greatest importance in the
Jest_book
The title of Shakespeare's Jest Book has been given to two quite different early Tudor period collections of humorous anecdotes, published within a few
Shakespeare's_Jest_Book
1996 novel by David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by American writer David Foster Wallace. Often considered Wallace’s magnum opus, the book has been categorized as an encyclopedic
Infinite_Jest
Display of humor using words
this jest book can be measured on the twenty editions of the book documented alone for the 15th century. Another popular form was a collection of jests, jokes
Joke
British dish of cheese sauce on toast
English Jest-Book, facsimile (privately published, 1887), fol xxi, verso Read here. See also Hermann Oesterley (Ed.), Shakespeare's Jest Book. A Hundred
Welsh_rarebit
American writer (1962–2008)
stories, and essays. He is most widely known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest. In 2008, David Ulin wrote for the Los Angeles Times that Wallace was "one
David_Foster_Wallace
Fable by Aesop
heavens?" The anecdote was repeated as an amusing story in the English jest book Merry Tales and Quick Answers (1530). In this the philosopher fell plumpe
The Astrologer who Fell into a Well
The_Astrologer_who_Fell_into_a_Well
English poet, dramatist and physician (1803–1849)
Tragedy and especially Death's Jest-Book are much quoted from in epigraphs to the chapters of Dorothy L. Sayers' book Have His Carcase. More recently
Thomas_Lovell_Beddoes
Irish writer (1930–2025)
including the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979 and a Lifetime Achievement from the Irish Book Awards (2012). The Old Jest, a novel about the Irish
Jennifer_Johnston_(novelist)
Command with meaning akin to "be quiet"
conveyed in a literary work: A sneering infidel, who uses Scripture for a jest-book, raves about "cant," and retails and details every inconsistency, real
Shut_up
1966 novel by Canadian author Margaret Laurence
in her 30s, the book serves to document a second adolescence as she comes to recognize herself as the adult to her aging mother. A Jest of God was adapted
A_Jest_of_God
Literary genre
and beggars. This genre can be related to the stories of Robin Hood and jest book literature, as well as early examples of the first voice in fiction and
Rogue_literature
Fictional detectives created by Reginald Hill
the Women 1999 Dialogues of the Dead 2002 Series 7, Episode 5 Death's Jest-Book 2003 Good Morning, Midnight 2004 Inspiration for the episode Houdini's
Dalziel_and_Pascoe
Country house in Chelsea, England
(1998) p. 244. Bibliographer William Carew Hazlitt in his Shakespeare Jest Book Volume III (OCLC 690506548) assigns publication of the work to More's
Beaufort_House_(Chelsea)
Television transmitter and hotel near Liberec, Czech Republic
Ještěd Tower (Czech: Hotel a televizní vysílač na Ještědu) is a television transmitter on top of Mount Ještěd near Liberec in the Czech Republic. Measuring
Ještěd_Tower
Ancient Greek collection of jokes
of Laughter"), also titled or subtitled The Jests of Hierocles and Philagrius, is a Greek-language book published in late antiquity that is the oldest
Philogelos
First Polish-language encyclopedia
Poland to this day: Horse: Everyone can see what a horse is. (pol. Koń jaki jest, każdy widzi) Goats, a stinking kind of animal. (pol. Kozy, śmierdzący rodzaj
Nowe_Ateny
Play by William Shakespeare
English until 1607, there is evidence the story existed in English in a jest book (now lost) by Richard Edwardes, written in 1570. Regarding the Petruchio/Katherina
The_Taming_of_the_Shrew
People's Republic of Haven David Weber's Honorverse Book The Office of Unspecified Services Infinite Jest Book Psi Corps Earth Alliance secret police composed
List of fictional secret police and intelligence organizations
List_of_fictional_secret_police_and_intelligence_organizations
1516 book by Thomas More
optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, "A truly golden little book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in a state
Utopia_(book)
British crime writer
(1998) Arms and the Women (1999) Dialogues of the Dead (2002) Death's Jest-Book (2003) Good Morning, Midnight (2004) The Death of Dalziel (2007), Canada
Reginald_Hill
Male archetype
particularly been mentioned in discourse about Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, a book which some women have reported being recommended by lit bros
Lit_bro
American professional wrestler (born 1977)
with his brother Matt, co-wrote an autobiographical book of memoirs titled The Hardy Boyz. Their book was a New York Times Best Seller. Jeff Nero Hardy
Jeff_Hardy
Aesop's fable
gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2024-04-01. "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Old English Jest-book, edited by W Carew Hazlitt". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2024-04-01
The_Ass_and_his_Masters
Fable by Aesop
Renaissance. One of its first appearances then was in an early Tudor period jest book, Merry Tales and Quick Answers (c. 1530), under the title "Of the olde
The_Old_Woman_and_the_Doctor
British actor and clown of the Elizabethan era
Shoreditch. Jest book William Kempe Thomson 2004. Richard Dutton et al., eds., Hanwell Shakespeare, p. 24. Chisholm 1911. Chettle, Tarlton's Jests: and News
Richard_Tarlton
Online project and challenge to read the novel "Infinite Jest" (summer 2009)
participants were challenged to read David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest at a rate of about 75 pages a week from June 21 to September 22, 2009. Baldwin
Infinite_Summer
President of Poland since 2025
Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. "To on jest kandydatem na prezydenta. Kim jest Karol Nawrocki?". pap.pl (in Polish). 24 November 2024
Karol_Nawrocki
English politician, author and philosopher (1478–1535)
(1999) p. 244. Bibliographer William Carew Hazlitt in his Shakespeare Jest Book Volume III (OCLC 690506548) assigns publication of the work to More's
Thomas_More
2010 memoir by David Lipsky
author of Infinite Jest at the moment when Wallace realized his work would bring him fame, and that this would change his life. The book was a National Public
Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself
Although_of_Course_You_End_Up_Becoming_Yourself
English actor
quality of the jokes in Mottley's book, their number increasing with each of the many subsequent editions, any time-worn jest came to be called "a Joe Miller"
Joe_Miller_(actor)
He edited some of his published work, including the notable Death's Jest Book: or, The Fool's Tragedy, in 1850. He wrote the obituary of Beddoes that
Thomas_Forbes_Kelsall
2011 novel by David Foster Wallace
2011. It was planned as Wallace's third novel, and the first since Infinite Jest in 1996, but it was not completed at the time of his death. Before his suicide
The_Pale_King
was the subject of a witty joke made by Joe Miller (1684–1738) in his jest book under the title of "high living" and referencing the house's position
Peterborough_House
2018 history book edited by Jan Grabowski and Barbara Engelking
Jews in German-Occupied Poland (originally published in Polish as Dalej jest noc: losy Żydów w wybranych powiatach okupowanej Polski), co-edited by historian
Night Without End (history book)
Night_Without_End_(history_book)
Fictional character in the comic book series Hellboy
collections and omnibus editions including The Drowning, The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories, Dark and Terrible and Lost Lives and Other Stories. Sapien
Abe_Sapien
2012 composition by John Adams
Absolute Jest is a concerto for string quartet and orchestra by the American composer John Adams. The work was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony
Absolute_Jest
2012 novel by John Green
an inspiration for the fictional book An Imperial Affliction: The Blood of the Lamb by Peter De Vries and Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. On December
The_Fault_in_Our_Stars
British poet
(Vol. 8, no. 3, July 2003, pp. 235–261). ‘Thomas Lovell Beddoes: Death’s Jest-Book’ in Poetry Review (Vol. 93, no. 4, 2004, pp. 52–61). ‘Elizabeth Bishop’s
Mark_Ford_(poet)
Fable
appeared in English in Merry Tales and Quick Answers or Shakespeare's Jest Book (c. 1530) with the same ending of the old man throwing the ass into the
The miller, his son and the donkey
The_miller,_his_son_and_the_donkey
English television presenter, journalist, author and farmer (born 1960)
"The BBC have fucked themselves." He later stated that this was "meant in jest". On 25 March 2015, the BBC released an official statement confirming that
Jeremy_Clarkson
Novel by James Branch Cabell
The Cream of the Jest : A Comedy of Evasions is a comical and philosophical novel with possible fantasy elements, by James Branch Cabell, published in
The_Cream_of_the_Jest
Former annual literary awards
The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the
Costa_Book_Awards
American television producer and writer (born 1975)
tennis courts that David Foster Wallace created in his 1996 novel Infinite Jest. Schur wrote his undergraduate senior thesis on the novel and once held the
Michael_Schur
English writer
pseudonym of Elijah Jenkins he published in 1739 the classic jest-book, Joe Miller's Jests, or the Wit's Vade-Mecum (see Joe Miller). Mottley is also the
John_Mottley
California. The Broom of the System (1987). ISBN 9781101153536 Infinite Jest (1996). ISBN 9780316920049 The Pale King (2011, posthumous). ISBN 9780316175296
David Foster Wallace bibliography
David_Foster_Wallace_bibliography
Book by Joshua Cohen
Novel.’ The book, published by Cohen at the age of thirty-four, succeeds at doing to the Internet what David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest—also published
Book_of_Numbers_(novel)
American actor and musician (born 1971)
Leto claimed that the comments he made at Suicide Squad's premiere were "in jest", and stated that, "there were no used condoms [...] Any of the very few
Jared_Leto
Aspect of the history of humanism
corrected Suetonius in 1468 and other Latin authors. Poggio Bracciolini's jest book and some of Valla's writings were translated into French. In the reign
Humanism_in_France
1968 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke
spells it Japetus. Agel then cites the dictionary that defines jape as "to jest; to joke; to mock or make fun of". He then asks the reader, "Is Clarke trying
2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(novel)
16th-century book on vagabonds by Thomas Harman
and on her deathbed in 1603 courtiers read to Queen Elizabeth from the jest book A Hundred Merry Tales, (1526). Two-thirds of the Caveat is taken up with
A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors
A_Caveat_or_Warning_for_Common_Cursitors
British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Jest (1910–1921) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, best known for winning two Classics in 1913. The filly won four times from eight races
Jest_(horse)
2023 novel by Samantha Harvey
rosyjski kapitan. I to jest książka z Bookerem?" [Pretentious, banal, and that Russian captain. And this is a book with Booker?]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in
Orbital_(novel)
1990 Michael Jordan quote
confirming that he had made the statement but that it had been made in jest: I said it in jest on a bus with Horace Grant and Scottie Pippen. It was thrown off
Republicans_buy_sneakers,_too
British classical composer (1934–2023)
Piano) 1978 Song from Death's Jest Book, for soprano and piano) 1980 Variations, for orchestra 1981 12 Studies for Piano, book 1 1981 Suite, for strings 1983
Geoffrey_Grey
British book publisher, bookseller and book wholesaler
Irish Texts Society Kind Words to All Classes The Jane Series Jerrold's Jest Book Series Kneetime Animal Stories Lancashire Worthies Library Association
Simpkin_&_Marshall
Short inexpensive booklet
Sages of Rome was of Eastern origin, and was used by Geoffrey Chaucer. Many jests about ignorant and greedy clergy in chapbooks were taken from The Friar
Chapbook
Book for writing, drawing, scrapbooking
contains the following exchange: Matzagente: I scorn to retort the obtuse jest of a fool. [Balurdo draws out his writing tables, and writes.] Balurdo: Retort
Notebook
18th/19th-century English Shakespearean scholar
included Sir John Harington's 'Metamorphosis of Ajax' (1814); 'Shakespeare's Jest Book' (3 parts, 1814–15); William Roper's 'Life of More' (1817); poems by Richard
Samuel_Weller_Singer
and Other Poems Thomas Lovell Beddoes, published anonymously, Death's Jest-Book; or, The Fool's Tragedy (posthumous) Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems
1850_in_poetry
1949 film from India
Dillagi (transl. The Jest) is a 1949 Indian Bollywood film. The film was produced and directed by A. R. Kardar for his "Kardar Productions", and had music
Dillagi_(1949_film)
Polish literary award (established in 1995)
Tadeusz Kwiatkowski [pl] – Panopticum March 1996 – Leszek Długosz – Z tego co jest April 1996 – Jacek Popiel – Dramat a teatr polski dwudziestolecia międzywojennego
Kraków Book of the Month Award
Kraków_Book_of_the_Month_Award
16th Century fable
The drowned woman and her husband is a story found in Mediaeval jest-books that entered the fable tradition in the 16th century. It was occasionally included
The drowned woman and her husband
The_drowned_woman_and_her_husband
Polish karateka (born 1988)
Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020. "Kim jest Anna Stachurska, narzeczona Roberta Lewandowskiego?". mowimyjak.pl (in Polish)
Anna_Lewandowska
American heavy metal band
unique tattoo on his hand, though he'd later clarify that he meant that in jest. Root told Guitar World the drummer's identity would not be released, and
Slipknot_(band)
La Fontaine's fable
to marry. Soon afterwards a close translation appeared in the English jest book Merry Tales and Quick Answers (c.1530), but in general the trend among
The_Young_Widow
1975 novel by William Gaddis
property seized (using eminent domain) by the school board there, said, half in jest, that he "wrote J R in revenge against Massapequa." One of the most memorable
J_R
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
stands firm on 'Republicans buy sneakers, too' quote, says it was made in jest". ESPN. Retrieved March 11, 2026. Dao, James (February 11, 2000). "THE 2000
Michael_Jordan
1979 Agatha Christie short story collection
an audio book and the Kindle edition were released, which included six stories from the book, plus Greenshaw's Folly. Sanctuary Strange Jest Tape-Measure
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
Miss_Marple's_Final_Cases_and_Two_Other_Stories
Political party in Poland
pozorom, w "prawicowej" Koronie liberalizm gospodarczy nie jest czymś oczywistym. U Brauna silne jest skrzydło narodowo-populistyczne, gdzie mało kto zawraca
Confederation of the Polish Crown
Confederation_of_the_Polish_Crown
American business executive
impose at more structure on the disparate plot strands. When the book, Infinite Jest, was finally published in 1996, it became a literary sensation. He
Michael_Pietsch
June 2023. "Krysztopa w PR24: "Ukry! Rezuny! UPAina!" - To nie jest racjonalne, to jest głupie". TYSOL.PL. 30 November 2017. "Wyborcza.pl". rzeszow.wyborcza
List_of_ethnic_slurs
American writer
Gurney, ed. Ashley) Reliques of Irish Poetry (ed. Ashley) Shakespeare's Jest Book (ed. Ashley) Suhrab and Rustum (ed. Ashley) Geolinguistic Perspectives
Leonard_R._N._Ashley
Japanese epic novel (yomihon) by Kyokutei Bakin
ISBN 0-8021-5058-6. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Takizawa, Bakin (2021). Eight dogs, or "Hakkenden". Part I : an ill-considered jest, Chapters I
Nansō_Satomi_Hakkenden
1982 film by Ridley Scott
magazine created an approximation of the test using questions and used it in jest on the candidates in the 2003 election for Mayor of San Francisco, concluding
Blade_Runner
Tenth letter of the Latin alphabet
pronounced phoneme deriving from Latin /j/ (for example, iest and later jest), while the same sound in other positions could be spelled as ⟨dg⟩ (for example
J
Polish comedian, writer, and filmmaker (born 1980)
Rzeczypospolitej przyniósł kabaret Limo". pomorskie.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). "Kim jest Abelard Giza - gość Kuby Wojewódzkiego". se.pl (in Polish). 12 August 2015
Abelard_Giza
2000 novel by Mark Z. Danielewski
the book as an encyclopedic novel, drawing on the faux-academic writing conventions and narrative "cruft" of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest in particular
House_of_Leaves
to men only, aged at least 18. The name of the club was chosen partly in jest but also simply as an acknowledgment that being a lover of books and reading
Tough_Guy_Book_Club
Fictional character on Heroes
pun. His co-worker and best friend Ando once called him "Super-Hiro" in jest. Hiro was one of the last main characters to be created by Tim Kring; he
Hiro_Nakamura
American drama television series (1990–91, 2017)
2019. "'"The Secret History of Twin Peaks" Book By Mark Frost Out October 18, 2016: Pre-Order Audio & Book". Welcome to Twin Peaks. February 18, 2016
Twin_Peaks
Book by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
magic. Others suspect Agrippa's pessimistic Vanity was written in ironic jest or as a strategic ploy to ward off persecution. Modern scholars tend to read
Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Three_Books_of_Occult_Philosophy
American media franchise
"W nowych "Igrzyskach śmierci" wystąpiła... Hala Stulecia z Wrocławia. Jest nie do poznania!" [The new 'Hunger Games' feature... the Wrocław Centennial
The_Hunger_Games_(franchise)
Literary genre
poem on the same subject is The Rodiad, ascribed (seemingly falsely and in jest) to George Colman the Younger. John Camden Hotten even wrote a pornographic
Erotic_literature
1931 song
performed the song at the Brecon Jazz Festival in 1991 and stated in good jest that he couldn't remember if it was by Victor Herbert, Victor Young or Victor
Beautiful_Love_(1931_song)
American actor and producer (born 1937)
"saw many of his [Freeman] comments, though inappropriate, to be said in jest." Freeman's lawyer demanded CNN retract the story. After a period of deliberation
Morgan_Freeman
Slang term for fraud or nonsense
object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way, often as a hoax or in jest. The term was first described in 1751 as student slang, and recorded in 1840
Humbug
Biopic directed by Roman Polanski
clutching a jar of pickles. He is like the walking punchline to a cosmic jest of unfathomable cruelty." He also felt that Szpilman's encounter, in the
The_Pianist_(2002_film)
Right-wing and nationalist political party in Poland
katolicka nadal jest ważną częścią ideowego credo PiS. Beata Mazurek, była rzecznik PiS, stwierdziła w 2019 r., że jej ugrupowanie jest „partią katolicką"
Law_and_Justice
Polish psychologist and sociologist (born 1962)
relations in World War II". In 2018 Engelking and Grabowski co-edited Dalej jest noc: losy Żydów w wybranych powiatach okupowanej Polski (Night without End:
Barbara_Engelking
well-known British actors who have not appeared in the series were asked in jest why they had not been cast. When David Yates was directing the fifth film
List of Harry Potter cast members
List_of_Harry_Potter_cast_members
Philosophical work by Plato around 375 BC
between the two. And does not the same hold also of the ridiculous? There are jests which you would be ashamed to make yourself, and yet on the comic stage
Republic_(Plato)
Immortal bird that is cyclically reborn
Folk Tales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends, Volume 1; Volume 6. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253340894
Phoenix_(mythology)
American entertainer (1949–1984)
friend of Kaufman, devoted an entire chapter of her autobiography, Shirley, I Jest!: A Storied Life, to him. The Chris Gethard Show paid homage to the Kaufman
Andy_Kaufman
2026 American fantasy TV series
the Seven Kingdoms Review: This is Why TV Adaptations Shouldn't Follow the Book Word for Word". Collider. Retrieved July 22, 2026. Weldon, Glen (January
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)
A_Knight_of_the_Seven_Kingdoms_(TV_series)
American comedian and writer
Parenthood, and attempting to eat a copy of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. She has written and performed several one-woman live shows. One is called
Jamie_Loftus
American business tycoon (1794–1877)
trade that other captains nearby took to calling him "The Commodore" in jest—a nickname that stuck with him all his life. While many Vanderbilt family
Cornelius_Vanderbilt
2023 film by Francis Lawrence
"W nowych "Igrzyskach śmierci" wystąpiła... Hala Stulecia z Wrocławia. Jest nie do poznania!" [The new 'Hunger Games' feature... the Wrocław Centennial
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The_Hunger_Games:_The_Ballad_of_Songbirds_&_Snakes
English comedian (born 1979)
mean to children," although the posted biography on his website also, in jest, claims: "He started his TV career at Nickelodeon where he was fired for
Simon_Amstell
English actor (born 1940)
Jason: My Life. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards "Best Book of the Year". A second volume, Only Fools and Stories: From Del
David_Jason
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