Satire

The Magnificent Lovers

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Molière


"The King [Louis XIV], who will have nothing but what is magnificent in all he undertakes, wished to give his court an entertainment wh…

An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting

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Jane Collier


An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting was a conduct book written by Jane Collier and published in 1753. The Essay was Collier's firs…

Not That it Matters (Version 2)

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A. A. Milne


A. A. MILNE:…was best known for the perennially popular Pooh (Winnie the), arguably one of his lesser contributions to the literature of his…

Светлая личность

Read by Владимир Самойлов Год издания книги: 1928 Год издания аудио книги: 2012


Илья Ильф, Евгений Петров


Почти одновременно с культовым романом «Двенадцать стульев», в 1928 году, Илья Ильф и Евгений Петров написали фантастическую пов…

The Disagreeable Man

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W. S. Gilbert


LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of The Disagreeable Man by Sir W. S. Gilbert. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 1…

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III

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François Rabelais


The five-volume work chronicling the adventures of father Gargantua and son Pantagruel is a vehicle for Rabelais' satire of sixteenth-centur…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 054

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Various


Diese Sammlungsreihe erscheint unregelmäßig und umfasst 10 verschiedene deutschsprachige Prosatexte. Die Texte wurden von LibriVo…

Bob & Ray WOR #124 August 30, 1973


Unknown


Mr and Mrs Broadway show, Henry Gladstone and the Sophisticates    Thursday,     08/30/1973

The History Of Lady Barton

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Elizabeth Griffith


This is the story of the three Cleveland siblings: Fanny, the innocent yet very sympathetic sister; Louisa, the strong willed sister whose m…

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…

Необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина

Read by Виктор Маркин (I), Евгения Лазарева, Александр Комраков Аудио: MP3, 192 Кбит/с, …


Владимир Войнович


Иван Чонкин, герой романа замечательного современного писателя Владимира Николаевича Войновича - это русский "бравый солдат Швейк"…

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…

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