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Comedy

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William Wycherley - Country Wife

One of the most notorious Restoration comedies in existence, William Wycherley’s The Country Wife is a lively and riotous exploration of courtly and city life in the seventeenth century, which was rife with...

3 hours 34 minutes

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New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House

Historical Fiction

487

William Hurrell Mallock - New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House

A group of upper class men and women gather together in an English country house to discuss their ideas for a utopia (their «New Republic»). The novel is a satire mocking most of the important figures at Oxford...

Foon 9 hours 13 minutes

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Epistolary Fiction

569

Elizabeth Griffith - History Of Lady Barton

This is the story of the three Cleveland siblings: Fanny, the innocent yet very sympathetic sister; Louisa, the strong willed sister whose miserable marriage to Sir William is the center of the novel; and Sir George...

Beth Thomas and 4 more 13 hours 25 minutes

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History of Troilus and Cressida (version 2)

Satire

539

William Shakespeare - History of Troilus and Cressida (version 2)

The History of Troilus and Cressida has long baffled critics and audiences alike for its inconsistent tone, which ranges from bawdy comedy to somber tragedy, as well as its decidedly unheroic and unsympathetic cast...

3 hours 43 minutes

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Satire

530

William Dean Howells - Traveller from Altruria

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. Twelvemough, an author who has been selected to function as host to a visitor...

Foon and 4 more 7 hours 36 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

558

Bill Nye - Bill Nye's Cordwood

From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at everything and everybody. This book is another wonderful collection of his...

John and 9 more 3 hours 44 minutes

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Plays

514

Molière - Love-Tiff

«The characters are well delineated, and fathers, lovers, mistresses, and servants all move about amidst a complication of errors from which there is no visible disentangling. The conversation between Valère and...

2 hours 1 minute

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Plays

561

Arthur Wing Pinero - Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith

Lucas Cleeve is living in Venice with a widow, Mrs. Ebbsmith. His relatives do not accept this arrangement and come to intervene. Note that this is NOT a farce — the hypocrisy is not played for laughs. — Summary by...

3 hours 13 minutes

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Satire

449

George Bernard Shaw - Candida (version 2)

This play tells the story of Candida, the wife of a famous clergyman, the Reverend James Mavor Morell. Morell is a Christian Socialist, popular in the Church of England, but Candida is responsible for much of his...

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 57 minutes

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Plays

507

Molière - Blunderer, or The Counterplots

A very early Moliere. From the Translator: «In this piece the plot is carried on… by a servant, Mascarille, who is the first original personage Molière has created; he is not a mere imitation of the valets of the...

2 hours 29 minutes

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Plays

551

Molière - Bores

Moliere: «Never was any Dramatic performance so hurried as this; and it is a thing, I believe, quite new, to have a comedy planned, finished, got up, and played in a fortnight. I do not say this to boast of an...

1 hour 7 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

425

John Cecil Clay - Cupid's Cyclopedia

This 1910 short work is by the English-born American humorist, satirist, and illustrator Oliver Herford, aided by another caricaturist and illustrator, John Cecil Clay. Herford’s books were usually short and quite...

David Wales 1 hour 5 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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