Satire

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour

Read by Kevin Green


Robert Smith Surtees



Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour is a delightful comic satire of the fox-hunting fraternity of the mid 19th Century. Surtees takes great pleasure …

The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Henry Fielding



This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph A…

Favole di Jean de La Fontaine: Libro 11

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…

The Priceless Pearl

Read by Nancy Halper


Alice Duer Miller



Pearl Leavitt is habitually fired from her New York City office jobs for being "too beautiful" and thereby causing all the men to …

A Deal With The Devil

Read by Angelique G. Campbell


Eden Phillpotts



A Deal with the Devil is a classic tale with a humorous twist. We find that on the night preceeding his 100th birthday Grandpapa, a cantanke…

Святочные рассказы, том 2

Read by Mark Chulsky


Nikolai Leskov



Николай Семёнович Лесков, русский писатель и публицист, из-за своих оригинальных и принципиальных взглядов был не принят по достоинству в ли…

The Devil is an Ass

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Ben Jonson



An inferior devil, Pug, asks Satan to send him to Earth to tempt men to Evil. But when Pug arrives in 1616 London and sets himself at the Sq…

The School for Husbands

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Molière



In 1661 and 1662 Moliere presented the plays The School for Husbands (this one) and then The School for Wives. "The central situations …

In the Sweet Dry and Dry

Read by Daryl Wor


Christopher Morley



Written just before Prohibition to entail the possible troubles that might happen en route. Both sides of the argument, or battle as the cas…

Lucian's True History

Read by Terry Kroenung


Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata



One of the earliest works of science-fiction (nearly 2,000 years old). It has space travel (including war in space), lunar civilization, and…

Antymonachomachia

Read by Piotr Nater


Ignacy Krasicki



Poemat opowiada o reakcjach mnichów do których klasztoru Niezgoda podrzuciła Monachomachię. Pozornie odwołując zarzuty wypowie…

Favole di Jean de La Fontaine: Libro 10

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…

Favole di Jean de La Fontaine: Libro 08

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…

Favole di Jean de La Fontaine: Libro 06

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…

Gullivers Rejser

Read by Lulularsen


Jonathan Swift



Denne udgivelse af Gullivers Rejser indeholder 1. bog - Rejse til Lilliput og 2. bog - Rejse til Brobdingnag kæmpernes land. Oprindeli…

Der Untertan

Read by Eva K.


Heinrich Mann



Der Untertan ist ein Roman von Heinrich Mann aus dem Jahr 1914. Die erste Buchausgabe erschien 1918 im Kurt Wolff Verlag. Heinrich Mann erz&…

Favole di Jean de La Fontaine: Libro 07

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…

Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 2

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Washington Irving



Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history an…

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (version 2)

Read by Linda Olsen Fitak


Edwin Abbott Abbott



This is a satirical novel written by Edwin A. Abbott, first published in 1884. Abbott uses a two-dimensional world, with himself as the prot…

The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 05

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Various



The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fifth volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 32 authors…

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