Satire

Gullivers Reisen

by Jonathan Swift Read by Boris 4.4
Einer der Klassiker der Weltliteratur, der seit Generationen Groß und Klein fesselt: Lemuel Gulliver bereist ferne Länder und erl…

Mornings at Bow Street

by John Wight Read by Chris Caron 4.5
This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces o…

Joan and Peter

by H. G. Wells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
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 Love-Tiff

by Molière Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"The characters are well delineated, and fathers, lovers, mistresses, and servants all move about amidst a complication of errors from …

The Battle of the Books

by Jonathan Swift Read by Elijah Fisher 1
"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…

The Silly Syclopedia

by Noah Lott and George V. Hobart Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The Silly Syclopedia is a whimsical exploration of language and humor, crafted by Noah Lott and George V. Hobart. This playful work parodies…

Black No More

by George Schuyler Read by Jim Locke
Being an account of the strange and wonderful workings of science in the land of the free, A.D. 1933-1940. (Summary by author)

Love and Freindship

by Jane Austen Read by Cori Samuel 4.1
Love and Freindship [sic] is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790, when Austen was 14 years old. Love and Freindship (the misspelling…

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

by Stephen Leacock Read by Winnifred Assmann 3.8
A collection of humorous fiction by renowned Canadian writer, Stephen Leacock. Unlike the lighter Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town that pr…

Buried Alive

by Arnold Bennett Read by John Rowe 4.6
Buried Alive is a dramatization of Arnold Bennett’s 1912 novel, adapted by James Duckett. This charming and witty satire tells the story of …

The Celebrity

by Winston Churchill Read by Joseph Tabler 4.8
The Celebrity is a sharp satire that explores the complexities of fame and the literary world through the lens of a young novelist's rise to…

The Inheritance

by Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier Read by Jim Locke 4
"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…

Mont Oriol

by Guy de Maupassant Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Young bride Christiane arrives in Auvergne to "take the waters" with her husband, described as "a sickly flower, or a sucking…

Cynthia's Revels

by Ben Jonson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"Cynthia's Revels," the second "comical satire," was acted in 1600, and, as a play, is even more lengthy, elaborate, and…

Three Dialogues

by Barry Pain Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Barry Pain is today best known for his ghost and horror stories, but he could also write some excellent social satire. This series of three …

Bill Nye and Boomerang

by Bill Nye Read by DaleBarkley 3
Humorist Bill Nye was the first editor of the daily paper in Laramie, Wyoming, and named it the Laramie Boomerang in honor of his mule. As …

A Traveller from Altruria

by William Dean Howells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
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…

The Follies of a Day

by Pierre Beaumarchais Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This is Thomas Holcroft's English translation, obtained by attending Pierre Beaumarchais' French play nine times in Paris during its origina…

The Notary's Nose

by Edmond About Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Ironic and Satirical: A successful Parisian notary, Alfred L’Ambert, is smitten with a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer. After a quarrel, his…

South Sea Bubble

by Noël Coward 4.4
In the usually sleepy little South Sea island of Samolo, passions run high when it's proposed to build a public convenience. However, quite …

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