Satire

1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors

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Mark Twain


Please note: this recording contains strong language."1601," wrote Mark Twain, "is a supposititious conversation which takes …

The Sincere Huron (L'Ingénu)

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Voltaire


L'Ingénu is a satirical novella by the French writer Voltaire, published in 1767. It tells the story of a Huron Indian transported to…

The Imaginary Invalid

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Molière


The Imaginary Invalid (French: Le Malade imaginaire) is a three-act comédie-ballet by the French playwright Molière. It was fi…

Favole di Jean de La Fontaine: Libro 05

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Jean de la Fontaine


Nei 12 volumi delle "Favole" (1669 - 1693) Jean de La Fontaine rinnovò la tradizione esopica, rappresentando la commedia um…

Gulliver’s Reizen

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Jonathan Swift


Gulliver's reizen is een satirisch boek uit 1726 van de Ierse schrijver Jonathan Swift. Het oorspronkelijke boek bevatte vier reisbeschrijvi…

An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (Dramatic Reading)

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Henry Fielding


An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, or simply Shamela, as it is more commonly known, is a satirical novel written by Henry Fiel…

A Common Story

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Ivan Goncharov


Alexander Fedoritch Adouev is the naïve, pampered son of Anna Pavlovna, a provincial landowner. He decides to go off to Saint Petersbur…

Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant

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Guy de Maupassant


Guy de Maupassant was, and is to this day, one of the world's most celebrated short story writers. He famously tackled topics like the Franc…

Fables de La Fontaine, livre 09 (ver 2)

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Jean de la Fontaine


Voici le neuvième des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et sont lues par des lecteurs d…

The Dragon of Wantley

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Owen Wister


The "true" story of the Wantley Dragon. Set at Christmas time, it is a tale of a Baron, his daughter, a brave knight, True Love, a…

Fables de La Fontaine, livre 06 (ver 3)

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Jean de la Fontaine


« Il arrivera possible que mon travail fera naître à d’autres personnes l’envie de porter la chose plus loin &r…

Fables de La Fontaine, livre 08 (ver 2)

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Jean de la Fontaine


Voici le huitième des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et sont lues par des lecteurs d…

Die Teufelsmauer und andere Erzählungen

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Hans Hoffmann


Vier Erzählungen, die teils überraschende, mehr oder weniger übernatürliche Handlungen und Pointen schildern:In "Di…

Cincuenta textos escogidos de Quevedo

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Francisco De Quevedo


Quevedo ocupa un lugar destacadísimo en la literatura española y mundial gracias a esa "universalidad castellana del poet…

A Cynic Looks At Life

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Ambrose Bierce


Civilization, Immortality, the Death Penalty, these are just a few of the essays enclosed in this collection, A Cynic Looks At Life. Written…

In Brief Authority

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F. Anstey


Satiric comedy from 1915 about a nouveau riche British family and their nanny who get whisked off to Maerchenland ('the land of Fairy Tales'…

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