Category Archives: Satire
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III
Author(s): François Rabelais The five-volume work chronicling the adventures of father Gargantua and son Pantagruel...
Riallaro: The Archipelago of Exiles
Author(s): Godfrey Sweven John Macmillan Brown was born in New Zealand and a University professor,...
The Princess Pourquoi
Author(s): Margaret P. Sherwood Once upon a time, a princess was born, and a fairy...
Man’s Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams
Author(s): Annie Denton Cridge “Man’s Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams” is...
Back to Methuselah
Author(s): George Bernard Shaw In this late work, Shaw examines many contemporary issues under the...
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Author(s): Mark Twain Come and hear the strange tale of The Boss Hank Morgan, a...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 05 (Fables 101-125)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 07 (Fables 151-175)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
The Flying Inn
Author(s): G. K. Chesterton The Flying Inn is a novel first published in 1914 by...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
Gulliver’s Travels (Version 3)
Author(s): Jonathan Swift First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” presents, as a mock...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 06 (Fables 126-150)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
In Brief Authority
Author(s): F. Anstey Satiric comedy from 1915 about a nouveau riche British family and their...
Gulliver’s Travels
Author(s): Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 04 (Fables 76-100)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream (version 2)
Author(s): John Kendrick Bangs John Kendrick Bangs was an American author and satirist, and the...
Der Mann im Mond oder Der Zug des Herzens ist des Schicksals Stimme
Author(s): Wilhelm Hauff Präsidents Ida ist gerade von der Pension in der Residenzstadt zurückgekehrt und...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 08 (Fables 176-200)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
Northanger Abbey
Author(s): Jane Austen Northanger Abbey is a hilarious parody of 18th century gothic novels. The...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 09 (Fables 201-225)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 01 (Fables 1-25)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 12 (Fables 276-284)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
Aesop’s Fables, Volume 03 (Fables 51-75)
Author(s): Aesop Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through...
The Rape of the Lock
Author(s): Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by...
Glugs of Gosh
Author(s): C. J. Dennis First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life...
Satires
Author(s): Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman...
Dryden vs Shadwell – a Poetic Duel
Author(s): John DrydenThomas Shadwell Throughout history there have been many creative artists whose fame depends...
To a Faded Rose
Author(s): Maurice Switzer LibriVox readers bring you 16 recordings of “To a Faded Rose” by...