Category Archives: Satire

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...

Absalom and Achitophel

Author(s): John Dryden John Dryden published Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem in 1681. It is...

Business

Author(s): Ambrose Bierce LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Business by Ambrose Bierce. This...

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Author(s): William Blake The work was composed between 1790 and 1793, in the period of...

The Lie (version 2)

Author(s): Sir Walter Raleigh LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of “The Lie” by Sir...

The Adventures of Master F.J.

Author(s): George Gascoigne This story presents through letters, poems and third-person commentary the love affair...