Satire
The Big Bow Mystery
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Israel Zangwill
It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Scotland Yard is…
Zadig or the Book of Fate
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Voltaire
Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosop…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 06 (Fables 126-150)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 09 (Fables 201-225)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Read by Debra Lynn
Charles Dickens
Old Martin Chuzzlewit has heaps of money that has never brought him anything but misery. Estranged from his grandson and namesake, when word…
Aphorisms
Read by Carl Manchester
Oscar Wilde
In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) published two collections of aphorisms: A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated, in the Sa…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 08 (Fables 176-200)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Anti-imperialist Writings
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This audiobook is a collection of Mark Twain's anti-imperialist writings (newspaper articles, interviews, speeches, letters, essays and pamp…
The Importance of Being Earnest (Version 4)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Oscar Wilde
This is a solo recording of the play, meaning that all parts including stage directions are performed by one person. LibriVox has three exc…
The Flying Inn
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G. K. Chesterton
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 "Progressiv…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Buried Alive
Read by Simon Evers
Arnold Bennett
The hero is Mr Priam Farll, a painter of considerable ability. He is, however, extremely shy – so shy that when his valet, Henry Leek, dies …
Aesop's Fables, Volume 12 (Fables 276-284)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Ward No. 6
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Anton Chekhov
The line between sanity and insanity is blurred in this classic novella by Anton Chekhov. The disillusioned idealist Dr. Rabin is in charge…
The Female Quixote Vol. 1
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Charlotte Lennox
The novel formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself for the knightly hero of a Romance, so Arabella mistakes herself for the…
Tartuffe
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Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greates…
Dangerous Connections (Les liaisons dangereuses)
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Choderlos De Laclos and Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
A translation of 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' alternative title 'Dangerous Liasons'Everyone probably has Glenn Close and John Malkovich in mi…
The Wonderful Visit
Read by Mary Bard
H. G. Wells
An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Vict…
The Rape of the Lock
Read by Rhonda Federman
Alexander Pope
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany in May 17…