Satire

Black No More

by George Schuyler Read by Jim Locke
Being an account of the strange and wonderful workings of science in the land of the free, A.D. 1933-1940. (Summary by author)

Love and Freindship

by Jane Austen Read by Cori Samuel 4.1
Love and Freindship [sic] is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790, when Austen was 14 years old. Love and Freindship (the misspelling…

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

by Stephen Leacock Read by Winnifred Assmann 3.8
A collection of humorous fiction by renowned Canadian writer, Stephen Leacock. Unlike the lighter Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town that pr…

The Celebrity

by Winston Churchill Read by Joseph Tabler 4.8
The Celebrity is a sharp satire that explores the complexities of fame and the literary world through the lens of a young novelist's rise to…

The Inheritance

by Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier Read by Jim Locke 4
"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…

Mont Oriol

by Guy de Maupassant Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Young bride Christiane arrives in Auvergne to "take the waters" with her husband, described as "a sickly flower, or a sucking…

Cynthia's Revels

by Ben Jonson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"Cynthia's Revels," the second "comical satire," was acted in 1600, and, as a play, is even more lengthy, elaborate, and…

Three Dialogues

by Barry Pain Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
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 …

Bill Nye and Boomerang

by Bill Nye Read by DaleBarkley 3
Humorist Bill Nye was the first editor of the daily paper in Laramie, Wyoming, and named it the Laramie Boomerang in honor of his mule. As …

A Traveller from Altruria

by William Dean Howells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Set in the early 1890s, at a fashionable summer resort somewhere on the East Coast of the United States, this book tells the story of Mr. T…

The Follies of a Day

by Pierre Beaumarchais Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This is Thomas Holcroft's English translation, obtained by attending Pierre Beaumarchais' French play nine times in Paris during its origina…

The Notary's Nose

by Edmond About Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Ironic and Satirical: A successful Parisian notary, Alfred L’Ambert, is smitten with a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer. After a quarrel, his…

Androcles and the Lion

by George Bernard Shaw Read by Phil Surette 4.7
Androcles and the Lion satirical play written in 1912 by George Bernard Shaw. It is set in Ancient Rome, and on the surface it appears to be…

The History of Troilus and Cressida

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The History of Troilus and Cressida has long baffled critics and audiences alike for its inconsistent tone, which ranges from bawdy comedy t…

The Wit and Humor of America

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The Wit and Humor of America invites listeners to explore a rich tapestry of American wit through a curated collection of short stories and …

The Green Carnation

by Robert Smythe Hichens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The Green Carnation, first published anonymously in 1894, was a scandalous novel by Robert Hichens whose lead characters are closely based o…

The House with the Green Shutters

by George Douglas Brown Read by lennich 4.4
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…

The Judgment of Eve

by May Sinclair Read by Kirsten Wever 4
May Sinclair was a prolific author, literary critic, and feminist activist, famous in Britain and the US in the 1910’s and 20’s. The Judgmen…

The Wit and Humor of America

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American wit through a collection of 55 short stories an…

Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado Don Pablos

by Francisco De Quevedo Read by Epachuko 4.4
Clásica novela picaresca española del Siglo de Oro, del gran Don Francisco de Quevedo. En ella se narran las extravagantes and…

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