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In Brief Authority - F. Anstey
In Brief Authority - F. Anstey
- Author: F. Anstey
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire / Fantasy Fiction
Satiric comedy from 1915 about a nouveau riche British family and their nanny who get whisked off to Maerchenland ('the land of Fairy Tales') one evening in a car drawn by storks. The matron of the family, a thorough snob, is crowned Queen of the...
The Family of Love - Thomas Middleton
The Family of Love - Thomas Middleton
- Author: Thomas Middleton
- Genre: Satire
The Family of Love is an early Jacobean city comedy, first published in 1608. Published anonymously, the play was long attributed to Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, although more recent scholarship suggests that Lording Barry may be the sole...
The Admirable Crichton - J. M. Barrie
The Admirable Crichton - J. M. Barrie
- Author: J. M. Barrie
- Genre: Plays / Satire
From the author of Peter Pan: Lord Loam, a British peer, considers class divisions to be artificial. He promotes his views during tea-parties where servants mingle with his aristocratic guests, to the embarrassment of all. Crichton, his butler,...
Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography - Laurence OLIPHANT
Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography - Laurence OLIPHANT
- Author: Laurence OLIPHANT
- Genre: Satire
Laurence Oliphant, author, international traveller, diplomatist and mystic, who spent a decade in later life under the influence of the spiritualist prophet Thomas Lake Harris, writes here under the amusing guise of Lord Frank Vanecourt, bringing us...
The House with the Green Shutters - George Douglas BROWN
The House with the Green Shutters - George Douglas BROWN
- Author: George Douglas BROWN
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Satire
The House with the Green Shutters is a novel by the Scottish writer George Douglas Brown, first published in 1901 by John MacQueen. Set in mid-19th century Ayrshire, in the fictitious town of Barbie which is based on his native Ochiltree, it...
The School for Wives - Molière
The School for Wives - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Plays / Satire
In 1661 and 1662 Moliere presented the plays The School for Husbands and then The School for Wives (this one). "The central situations of the two have much in common: the arbitrary and jealous lover to whom circumstances have given almost the...
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Author: LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Dramatic Readings / Satire
The Dialogues of the Gods are 26 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their original humor and...
The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Satire
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Written for publication as a serial, The Pickwick Papers consists of a sequence of loosely-related adventures. Its main literary...
Aesop's Fables, Volume 01 (Fables 1-25) - Aesop
Aesop's Fables, Volume 01 (Fables 1-25) - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these...
The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today (version 2) - Mark Twain
The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today (version 2) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire / *Non-fiction
Originally published in 1873, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the only novel Twain co-wrote (C.D. Warner was a good friend and neighbor of the Clemens family in Hartford, and the collaboration sprang from their wive's challenge and...
The Westminster Alice - Saki
The Westminster Alice - Saki
- Author: Saki
- Genre: Satire / History / Political Science
Published five years before John Kendrick Bangs had the same idea with Alice in Blunderland , Saki, in his 1902 series of satirical articles, takes an Alice in Wonderland view of British politics, which Alice finds even stranger than events in...
The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves - Tobias Smollett
The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves - Tobias Smollett
- Author: Tobias Smollett
- Genre: Satire
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 the style of Don Quixote by the author of The Expedition Of Humphry Clinker and other 18th century picaresque...
Aesop's Fables, Volume 09 (Fables 201-225) - Aesop
Aesop's Fables, Volume 09 (Fables 201-225) - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these...
The Country Wife - William WYCHERLEY
The Country Wife - William WYCHERLEY
- Author: William WYCHERLEY
- Genre: Comedy / Satire
One of the most notorious Restoration comedies in existence, William Wycherley’s The Country Wife is a lively and riotous exploration of courtly and city life in the seventeenth century, which was rife with unremitting sexual intrigue and conquest....
Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50) - Aesop
Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50) - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these...
The Flying Inn - G. K. Chesterton
The Flying Inn - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Religious Fiction / Satire
The Flying Inn is a novel first published in 1914 by G.K. Chesterton. It is set in a future England where a bizarre form of "Progressive" Islam has triumphed and largely dominates the political and social life of the country. Because of this,...
Absalom and Achitophel - John Dryden
Absalom and Achitophel - John Dryden
- Author: John Dryden
- Genre: Poetry / Satire
John Dryden published Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem in 1681. It is an elaborate historical allegory using the political situation faced by King David (2 Samuel 14-18) to mirror that faced by Charles II. Each monarch had a son whom a high-ranking...
Zadig or the Book of Fate - Voltaire
Zadig or the Book of Fate - Voltaire
- Author: Voltaire
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire
Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical...
Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Satire
Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, published in 1893. As in some of his other comedies, Wilde satirizes the morals of Victorian society, and attitudes between the sexes. The action centres around a...
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 04 - Various
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 04 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Poetry / Satire
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fourth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)...
Headlong Hall (dramatic reading) - Thomas Love Peacock
Headlong Hall (dramatic reading) - Thomas Love Peacock
- Author: Thomas Love Peacock
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Satire
Headlong Hall is the first novel by Thomas Love Peacock, published in 1815 (dated 1816). As in his later novel Crotchet Castle, Peacock assembles a group of eccentrics, each with a single monomaniacal obsession, and derives humor and social satire...
H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor - W. S. Gilbert
H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor - W. S. Gilbert
- Author: W. S. Gilbert
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900 / Satire
In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’s music and the interpretation of actors, the consummate silliness of Gilbert’s libretto entertains. H.M.S....
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 2 - Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 2 - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire / Short Stories
This second collection of essays by Mark Twain is a good example of the diversity of subject matter about which he wrote. As with the essays in Volume 1, many first appeared alone, in magazines or newspapers, before being printed as chapters of his...
The Alchemist - Ben Jonson
The Alchemist - Ben Jonson
- Author: Ben Jonson
- Genre: Satire
An outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman, Lovewit, to flee temporarily to the country, leaving his house under the sole charge of his butler, Jeremy. Jeremy uses the opportunity given to him to use the house as the headquarters for...
Behind the Beyond - Stephen Leacock
Behind the Beyond - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
A collection containing a parody on Problem Plays, as well as humorous anecdotes from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG) Cast for Section 1: Narrator/Stage Directions – Tricia G Sir John – Algy Pug Lady Cecily – Liberty Stump...
Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250) - Aesop
Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250) - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these...
Satires - Decimus Iunius IUVENALIS
Satires - Decimus Iunius IUVENALIS
- Author: Decimus Iunius IUVENALIS
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Poetry / Satire
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD. The details of the author's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late 1st and early 2nd...
Lady Windermere's Fan (Version 2) - Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan (Version 2) - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Plays / Satire
Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the...
Yollop - George Barr McCutcheon
Yollop - George Barr McCutcheon
- Author: George Barr McCutcheon
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Satire
Mr. Crittenden Yollop makes friends with the man who came to burglarize his home and sets out to help him return to where he really wants to be...prison. This humorous satire takes a somewhat different look at prisons, criminals, the law and...
The History Of Lady Barton - Elizabeth GRIFFITH
The History Of Lady Barton - Elizabeth GRIFFITH
- Author: Elizabeth GRIFFITH
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Satire
This is the story of the three Cleveland siblings: Fanny, the innocent yet very sympathetic sister; Louisa, the strong willed sister whose miserable marriage to Sir William is the center of the novel; and Sir George who tries to get over the loss of...
A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift
A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift
- Author: Jonathan Swift
- Genre: Satire
A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697, that was eventually published in 1704. It is arguably his most difficult satire, and perhaps his most masterly. The Tale is a prose parody which is...
A Family of Noblemen - Mikhail SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN
A Family of Noblemen - Mikhail SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN
- Author: Mikhail SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Satire
Meet the Golovliovs, the ultimate dysfunctional family. In the difficult transition years before and after the liberation of Russia’s serfs, the Golovliovs are a gentry family ill-equipped to face the adaptations necessary in the new social order....
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
- Author: Jonathan Swift
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Satire
Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travelers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is widely...
Mrs. Warren's Profession - George Bernard Shaw
Mrs. Warren's Profession - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Satire
.Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902 but was banned after two performances because of the profession talked about. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam...
Love and Mr Lewisham - H. G. Wells
Love and Mr Lewisham - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Satire
The teaching profession, science and politics in late 19th century England. H.G.Wells’ humorous early novel, drawing on his own life, shows how these – as well as involvement in spiritualism – have to compete with love. - Summary by Anthony Ogus...
Aesop's Fables, Volume 08 (Fables 176-200) - Aesop
Aesop's Fables, Volume 08 (Fables 176-200) - Aesop
- Author: Aesop
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Satire
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these...
Curiosities of Street Literature - Various
Curiosities of Street Literature - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Satire / Biography & Autobiography
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The collection contains sensationalist and sometimes comical stories about criminal conduct, love, the Royal...
Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream (version 2) - John Kendrick Bangs
Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream (version 2) - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire / Fantasy Fiction
John Kendrick Bangs was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangasian Fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife. (Wikipedia) Plot summary: J K Bangs has taken Alice from...
A Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers - Charles MACKLIN
A Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers - Charles MACKLIN
- Author: Charles MACKLIN
- Genre: Plays / Satire
This "Afterpiece" - a short play to follow a main production - was first produced in 1746. It was based on Regnard's five-act comedy le Legetaire Universel (1707), which is itself a composite of Italian comedy with echoes of Molière, moving from...
The Proposal - Anton Chekhov
The Proposal - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Satire
The Proposal is a one act comic farce by Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's Russia, marriage was a means of economic stability for most people. They married to gain wealth and possessions. In this play, the concept of marriage is being satirized to show...
