Satire Books

Micromégas

Voltaire

Micromégas is a 1752 novella by the French philosopher and satirist Voltaire. Along with his story "Plato's Dream", it is an early example in the literary genre of science fiction, and is a significan..

De Profundis

Oscar Wilde

De Profundis is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie". In its first half Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventu..

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal,..

A Tale of a Tub

Jonathan Swift

A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, arguably his most difficult satire and perhaps his most masterly. The Tale is a prose parody divided into sections each delving into..

Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business

Daniel Defoe

Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business: Or, Private Abuses, Public Grievances Exemplified is a 1725 pamphlet by Daniel Defoe. It deals with the high salary of servants...

The English Spy

Bernard Blackmantle

The English Spy is An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life...

Evelina

Fanny Burney

Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is a satirical work  written by Fanny Burney.GENTLEMEN, The liberty which I take in addressing to you the trifling production of..

King Coal

Upton Sinclair

King Coal is a 1917 novel by Upton Sinclair that describes the poor working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s, from the perspective of a single prota..