Satire
A Bayard from Bengal
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F. Anstey
The estimable gentleman, Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, ESQ., B.A., travels from his native India to England, with his impeccable English and manne…
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
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Francis Beaumont
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play in five acts, first performed in 1607. It is the first whole parody (or pastiche) play in English…
Юмористические рассказы
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Диккенс Чарльз
Знаменитый английский прозаик Чарльз Диккенс вошёл в мировую литературу не только как величайший романист, но и как замечательный юморист и …
Behind the Beyond
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Stephen Leacock
A collection containing a parody on Problem Plays, as well as humorous anecdotes from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia…
Don Juan, or The Feast with the Statue
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Molière
Don Juan "contains, perhaps, more severe attacks upon hypocrisy than does even Tartuffe. It depicts the hero as a man who, rich, noble,…
Candida (version 2)
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George Bernard Shaw
This play tells the story of Candida, the wife of a famous clergyman, the Reverend James Mavor Morell. Morell is a Christian Socialist, po…
The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
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Tobias Smollett
Sir Launcelot Greaves goes around the country with his comic squire, trying to be a knight and perform good deeds. This novel is written in…
Love is the Best Doctor
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Molière
Four most fashionable doctors are called in by Sganarelle to cure his daughter, but instead they argue about everything and Sganarelle is dr…
The Battle of the Books
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Jonathan Swift
"The Battle of the Books" depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library (housed in St James's Palace at the time of…
Slovenly Betsy
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Heinrich Hoffmann
Hienrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist and doctor. He had written poetry and sketches for his son, and was persuaded to have a collecti…
The Relentless City
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E. F. Benson
A satiric novel of manners written in Benson's classic style of gently poking fun at class structures and the people who fill them. This tim…
Байки Леонiда Глiбова (Fables by Glibov)
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Leonid Hlibov
Леонід Глібов набув слави за свої оригінальні байки на української мові. Вiн відомий як один із засновників української літератури для дітей…
How to Make a Man of Consequence
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Mark Lemon
Mark Lemon had a natural talent for journalism and the stage, and, at twenty-six, retired from less congenial business to devote himself to …
Van Aardappel-mes tot Officiersdegen
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Melis Stoke
Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog was Nederland neutraal, maar het dreigende oorlogsgeweld in de ons omringende landen kwam heel dichtbij. In m…
The Fiend's Delight
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Ambrose Bierce
This book, the fiend’s delight, was published in 1873, during the lifetime of author Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, pseudonym Dod Grile.It is a …
Twilight Sleep
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Edith Wharton
Wharton miraculously finds it possible to satirize the very rich while simultaneously showing compassion and even grudging admiration for so…
A Traveller from Altruria
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William Dean Howells
Set in the early 1890s, at a fashionable summer resort somewhere on the East Coast of the United States, this book tells the story of Mr. T…
Bob & Ray WOR #116 August 20, 1973
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Mr and Mrs Broadway show, Dramatic scene with Mary and Vincent Price. Monday, 08/20/1973
Nachlaß des Diogenes von Sinope
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Christoph Martin Wieland
Nachlaß des Diogenes von Sinope.Aus einer alten Handschrift.Von Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813), veröffentlicht 1770.Wieland…
Kunterbuntergang des Abendlandes. Grotesken
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Klabund
Klabund (eigentlich Alfred Georg Hermann „Fredi“ Henschke) beschreibt in kurzen Geschichten, grotesk, humorvoll, überspitzt und zuweile…