Satire
The Green Carnation
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Robert Smythe Hichens
The Green Carnation, first published anonymously in 1894, was a scandalous novel by Robert Hichens whose lead characters are closely based o…
The Higher Pantheism in a Nutshell
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Higher Pantheism in a Nutshell by Algernon Charles Swinburne. This was the Fortnightly Poe…
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
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Jane Collier
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting was a conduct book written by Jane Collier and published in 1753. The Essay was Collier's firs…
A Treatise of Religion
Read by Michael Armenta
Fulke Greville
Part diatribe, part discourse, part sermon and part stand-up comedy, this is Fulke Greville's 114 stanza, verse-poem about religious hypocri…
The Impromptu of Versailles
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Molière
The setup here is that Moliere and his troupe have been sent for by the King to come perform at Versailles. But instead of the piece they ha…
The Magnificent Lovers
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Molière
"The King [Louis XIV], who will have nothing but what is magnificent in all he undertakes, wished to give his court an entertainment wh…
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III
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François Rabelais
The five-volume work chronicling the adventures of father Gargantua and son Pantagruel is a vehicle for Rabelais' satire of sixteenth-centur…
Not That it Matters (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
A. A. MILNE:…was best known for the perennially popular Pooh (Winnie the), arguably one of his lesser contributions to the literature of his…
The Disagreeable Man
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W. S. Gilbert
LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of The Disagreeable Man by Sir W. S. Gilbert. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 1…
The History Of Lady Barton
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Elizabeth Griffith
This is the story of the three Cleveland siblings: Fanny, the innocent yet very sympathetic sister; Louisa, the strong willed sister whose m…
Gulliver's Travels (Version 3)
Read by Peter Dann
Jonathan Swift
First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" presents, as a mock travel tale, a series of thought experiments mi…
Bob & Ray WOR #124 August 30, 1973
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Mr and Mrs Broadway show, Henry Gladstone and the Sophisticates Thursday, 08/30/1973
Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography
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Laurence Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant, author, international traveller, diplomatist and mystic, who spent a decade in later life under the influence of the spir…
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 3: The Dialogues of the Dead
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Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata
Dialogues of the Dead are 30 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek by Syri…
The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great
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Henry Fielding
Tom Thumb, small of stature, great of heart. This play was written as a parody of the tragic heroic biography of a great man, filled with bi…
Three Dialogues
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Barry Pain
Barry Pain is today best known for his ghost and horror stories, but he could also write some excellent social satire. This series of three …
The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Lucas Cleeve is living in Venice with a widow, Mrs. Ebbsmith. His relatives do not accept this arrangement and come to intervene. Note that …
Mrs. Pretty and The Premier
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Arthur Adams
The Premier has decided that being married would be good for his image. He asks his stenographer for advice: (Premier) Good. Just jot me dow…
Dryden vs Shadwell - a Poetic Duel
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John Dryden
Throughout history there have been many creative artists whose fame depends largely on their association with a much greater artist. Such th…
A Battle of the Books
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Gail Hamilton
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an author to dissolve the bands which have connected him with his publis…