Satire
In Brief Authority
Read by Anna Simon
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'…
Variações sobre o flirt
Read by Leni
João Do Rio
Variações sobre o flirt: pequeno ensaio de psychologia urbana é uma curta obra de João do Rio, que guarda as mel…
Business
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Ambrose Bierce
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Business by Ambrose Bierce. This was the weekly poetry project for August 2nd, 2009.
Penguin Island
Read by Michael Sirois
Anatole France
The novel (original French title -- L'Île des Pingouins) is a satire on human nature. The first publication was in 1908. These penguin…
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson
Read by Arnold
Anthony Trollope
Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business…
Der Froschmäusekrieg
Read by Karlsson
Various
Der Froschmäusekrieg ist eine humorvolle Parodie auf die homerischen Epen. Ganz im klassischen Stil wird hier ein blutiger Krieg zwisch…
Roads of Destiny
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
O. Henry
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Fables de La Fontaine
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Jean de la Fontaine
Voici le septième des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et sont lues par des lecteurs d…
The Wit and Humor of America
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fourth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 author…
Absalom and Achitophel
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
John Dryden
John Dryden published Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem in 1681. It is an elaborate historical allegory using the political situation faced by …
Fables de La Fontaine
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Jean de la Fontaine
Voici le sixième des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et sont lues par des lecteurs de…
Arms and The Man
Read by Phil Chenevert
George Bernard Shaw
Arms and the Man is a comedy written by George Bernard Shaw, and was first produced in 1894 and published in 1898, and has become one of the…
Favole di Jean de La Fontaine
Read by Paolo Fedi
Jean de la Fontaine
Nei 12 volumi delle "Favole" (1669 - 1693) Jean de La Fontaine rinnovò la tradizione esopica, rappresentando la commedia um…
Satiren
Read by redaer
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Veröffentlichung dieser Ausgabe 1893Horaz, eigentlich Quintus Horatius Flaccus, ist neben Vergil einer der bedeutendsten römischen…
Monachomachia czyli wojna mnichów
Read by Piotr Nater
Ignacy Krasicki
Monachomachia, czyli Wojna mnichów to poemat heroikomiczny autorstwa Ignacego Krasickiego wydany po raz pierwszy anonimowo w 1778. Je…
Widowers' Houses
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
George Bernard Shaw
This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898; they were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, n…
The Learned Women
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Molière
Two young people, Henriette and Clitandre, are in love, but in order to marry, they must overcome an obstacle: the attitude of Henriette's f…
The United States of Air
Read by J.M. Porup
J.M. Porup
The National Sewer Agency is spying on people's toilets, looking for food terrorists... Food Enforcement Agent Jason Frolick believes in Ame…