Satire
Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography
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Laurence Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant, author, international traveller, diplomatist and mystic, who spent a decade in later life under the influence of the spir…
De Kermis der IJdelheid
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William Makepeace Thackeray
"Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero" is een in de jaren 1847-1848 gepubliceerde roman van William Makepeace Thackeray, een satire…
The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Lucas Cleeve is living in Venice with a widow, Mrs. Ebbsmith. His relatives do not accept this arrangement and come to intervene. Note that …
Mrs. Pretty and The Premier
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Arthur Adams
The Premier has decided that being married would be good for his image. He asks his stenographer for advice: (Premier) Good. Just jot me dow…
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 3: The Dialogues of the Dead
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Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata
Dialogues of the Dead are 30 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek by Syri…
Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams
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Annie Denton Cridge
"Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams" is the first known feminist utopian novel written by a woman. The te…
The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great
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Henry Fielding
Tom Thumb, small of stature, great of heart. This play was written as a parody of the tragic heroic biography of a great man, filled with bi…
Orlando, A Biography (version 2)
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Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking satire of British culture, customs, literature, philosophy, and politics from the Elizabethan era to the aut…
Dryden vs Shadwell - a Poetic Duel
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John Dryden
Throughout history there have been many creative artists whose fame depends largely on their association with a much greater artist. Such th…
Ecclesiazusae
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Aristophanes
Στην αρχαια Αθηνα οι γυναικες αποφασισαν να παρουν την εξουσια απο τους αντρες για να λυσουν τα προβληματα του κρατους και των πολιτων. Λεγε…
A Battle of the Books
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Gail Hamilton
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an author to dissolve the bands which have connected him with his publis…
The Flatting-Mill
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William Cowper
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Flatting-Mill by William Cowper. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 1, 2011.…
El rey de las montañas
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Edmond About
Con aire satírico e incluso irónico, el autor francés relata en esta novela los lances y aventuras por las que pasa un …
Das rote Zimmer
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August Strindberg
In seinem satirischen, gesellschaftskritischen Roman beschreibt Strindberg mit viel Ironie, die teilweise in Sarkasmus übergeht, die po…
To a Faded Rose
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Maurice Switzer
LibriVox readers bring you 16 recordings of "To a Faded Rose" by Maurice Switzer. This was the Weekly Poetry selection for June 16…
Joan and Peter
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H. G. Wells
This is satirical look at the English educational system and society in the early twentieth century and the effect of World War I on them by…
The History of Pompey the Little
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Francis Coventry
"Pompey, the son of Julio and Phyllis, was born A.D. 1735, at Bologna in Italy, a place famous for lap-dogs and sausages." At an e…
The New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House
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William Hurrell Mallock
A group of upper class men and women gather together in an English country house to discuss their ideas for a utopia (their "New Republ…