Satire

Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.

Read by James K. White


Washington Irving


The Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. (1824) is a compilation of eight humorous and observational letters written by American writer, Wash…

The House with the Green Shutters

Read by lennich


George Douglas Brown


The House with the Green Shutters is a novel by the Scottish writer George Douglas Brown, first published in 1901 by John MacQueen. Set in m…

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 Red Room

Read by William Peck


August Strindberg


A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various s…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

Antymonachomachia

Read by Piotr Nater


Ignacy Krasicki


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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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