Satire
125 books
Humorous Fiction
496
Washington Irving - Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.
The Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. (1824) is a compilation of eight humorous and observational letters written by American writer, Washington Irving, under the pseudonym, Jonathan Oldstyle. These eight letters...
1 hour 38 minutes
Humorous Fiction
472
George William Foote - Satires and Profanities
«Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought, I take a natural pride and pleasure in rescuing the following articles from...
7 hours 22 minutes
Satire
465
Arnold Bennett - Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing
Bennett's essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips. Human nature, it appears, changes little over the ages, and Bennett, as always, stands the test of time, though in the case of...
1 hour 57 minutes
Erotica
512
Mark Twain - 1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors (Version 2)
Please note: this recording contains strong language. Also known simply as «1601», this is a humorously risque work by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author...
1 hour 21 minutes
