Satire Books
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
Sir Max BeerbohmZuleika Dobson an Oxford love story is a satirical novel by Max Beerbohm, an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a h..
A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726)
Henry CareyA Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) is a satire by Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon KG, was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the patron of Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare'..
The Golden Honeymoon
Ring LardnerThe Golden Honeymoon is a humorous novel written by American short story writer Ring Lardner, known for his satire, humor works on marriage and theater. This novel narrates the two couples vacat..
Voyage du Prince Fan-Federin dans la romancie
G.-H. BougeantVoyage du Prince Fan-Federin dans la romancie is a French satirical romance written by Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant, known as le Père Bougeant a French Jesuit and historian...
Shamela
Henry FieldingShamela is a satire written by Henry Fielding, an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the picaresque novel Tom Jones...
The Swoop!
P. G. WodehouseThe Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. It was beneath the heels of nine invaders. There was barely standi..
Barry Lyndon
William Makepeace ThackerayBarry Lyndon—far from the best known, but by some critics acclaimed as the finest, of Thackeray’s works—appeared originally as a serial a few years before VANITY FAIR was written; yet it was not publi..
In the Sweet Dry and Dry
Christopher MorleyWritten just before Prohibition to entail the possible troubles that might happen en route. Both sides of the argument, or battle as the case may be, strike out with various over-top methods like legi..