Satire
Alice in Blunderland
Read by Ruth Golding
John Kendrick Bangs
From Alice in Blunderland: "Certain of our members claim that they have a right to sell their votes for $500 apiece--" "Mercy…
Mark Twain's Journal Writings
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
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…
The Small House at Allington
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Anthony Trollope
Fifth novel in the Barsetshire series, The Small House at Allington is largely focused on the Small House's inhabitants, Mrs. Dale and her t…
Orley Farm
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Anthony Trollope
Orley Farm is Trollope at his best (as good as the Barsetshire series), which means some of the best characterizations in the English langua…
The Calico Cat
Read by Mark F. Smith
Charles Miner Thompson
The consequences of letting your irritation get the better of you are humorously portrayed in this story of a self-important man who fires a…
Oblomov
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Ivan Goncharov
Oblomov is the best known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Oblomov is also the central character of the nove…
The Way of All Flesh
Read by Rhonda Federman
Samuel Butler
The Way of All Flesh (1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 an…
Nightmare Abbey
Read by Mark F. Smith
Thomas Love Peacock
Deep in the fens of the British coast sits the gloomy mansion that goes by the name Nightmare Abbey. It is inhabited by persons of very low …
The Autobiography of Methuselah
Read by Matthew Reece
John Kendrick Bangs
A satirical look at early biblical events from the point of view of someone who was there to witness most of them: the oldest man in recorde…
Castle Rackrent
Read by Noel Badrian
Maria Edgeworth
"One of the most inspired chronicles written in English" was the verdict of William Butler Yeats on the novel Castle Rackrent by M…
Miss Mapp
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E. F. Benson
E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia series, consists of six novels and three short stories. The novels are: Queen Lucia, Lucia in London, Miss Map…
The Gentle Grafter
Read by Leslie Walden
O. Henry
If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…
John Dene of Toronto
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Herbert George Jenkins
John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional method…
A Tale of a Tub
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Jonathan Swift
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. I…
The Gilded Age
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Mark Twain
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is an 1873 novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirizes greed and political corruption in po…
Cinderella
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George Calderon
If you are expecting glass slippers and pumpkin coaches, look elsewhere... This is "a pantomime as Ibsen would have written it, if only…
The Unbearable Bassington
Read by Noel Badrian
Saki
The Unbearable Bassington was the first novel written by Saki (H. H. Munro). It also contains much of the elegant wit found in his short sto…
The Song Against Songs
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G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song Against Songs by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Octobe…
Mark Twain's Journal Writings
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This third volume of Mark Twain's journal writings continues on eclectic and varied path established by the first two volumes. Included in t…
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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Tobias Smollett
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, and is considered by many to be his best and fun…