Satire audiobooks
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
by Charles DickensSelfish and greedy people always look to accumulate their wealth at any cost. Dickens narrates the lives of such wealthy families through his novel The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Young Mary Graham's employment as nurse to care Martin Sr. would be at stake, if his health deteriorates. Martin proposes to marry Mary Graham, his grandfat..
1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors
by Mark Twain1601 Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors is a short risqué squib by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author in 1906. Written as an extract from the diary of one of Queen Elizabeth I's ladies-in-waiting, the pamphlet purports to record a conversation between El..
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
by Mark TwainFenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses is an 1895 essay by Mark Twain, written as a satire and criticism of the writings of James Fenimore Cooper. In his essay The Literary Offenses of Fenimore Cooper, Twain asserted Cooper's popular Deerslayer, a Leatherstocking tale, committed 114 "offenses against literary art out of a possible 115." Generally..
Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again
by Mark TwainThis satire on the U.S.A.'s myth of being the "Home of the Oppressed, where all men are free and equal", is unrelenting in its pursuit of justice through exposure. It draws a scathingly shameful portrait of how Chinese immigrants were treated in 19th century San Francisco...
Anti-imperialist writings
by Mark TwainThis audiobook is a collection of Mark Twain's anti-imperialist writings (newspaper articles, interviews, speeches, letters, essays and pamphlets). Mark Twain's Anti-Imperialist Writings reflect most faithfully the fighting character, uncompromising stance, sharp humor and brilliant intelligence of the famous author. Twain recognizes the need for a..
Aphorisms
by Oscar WildeMiscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man Quotes (showing 1-30 of 86) “The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.”. ... “Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious...
Lady Windermere's Fan
by Oscar WildeLady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it, he invites the other w..
Ward No. 6
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov"Ward No. 6" is an 1892 short story by Anton Chekhov. The story is set in a provincial mental asylum and explores the philosophical conflict between Ivan Gromov, a patient, and Andrey Ragin, the director of the asylum. Gromov denounces the injustice he sees everywhere, while Dr. Ragin insists on ignoring injustice and other evils; partially as a re..