Consider Anthony Trollope's Barchester series, which are both funny and classics! I found the first book, The Warden, rather dull, though it does give background to who is who. The second one, Barchester Towers, I think you should enjoy quite a lot!
Another suggestion would be a book that is a classic and a comedy: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, followed by a sort of "sequel" involving time travel, To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis.
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