| Title | : | Satirical Short Stories: Wit and satire used for amusement or even to critique society |
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| Author | : | Oscar Wilde, Nikolai Gogol, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, D. H. Lawrence, Anton Chekhov, James Fenimore Cooper, Hristo Smirenski, Stacy Aumonier, E. M. Delafield, Sadat Hasan Manto, J. M. Barrie, Nathaniel Hawthorne & Jerome K. Jerome |
| Release | : | 2025-01-01 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | Satirical Short Stories: Wit and satire | Oscar Wilde, Nikolai Gogol, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, D. H. Lawrence, Anton Chekhov, James Fenimore Cooper, Hristo Smirenski, Stacy Aumonier, E. M. Delafield, Sadat Hasan Manto, J. M. Barrie, Nathaniel Hawthorne & Jerome K. Jerome |
| Satire. That form of wit that ridicules all those shortcomings and flaws in individuals, society and its institutions in an effort to shame and mock them into a change of behaviour. And words in the hands of such talents as Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Jerome K Jerome and very many others are the mightiest weapons of such persuasion. 01 - Satirical Short Stories - An Introduction 02 - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Part 1 by Oscar Wilde 03 - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Part 2 by Oscar Wilde 04 - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol 05 - Eve's Diary by Mark Twain 06 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 07 - The Rocking Horse Winner by D H Lawrence 08 - The Death of a Government Clerk by Anton Chekhov 09 - The Lake Gun by James Fenimore Cooper 10 - The Tale of the Stairs by Hristo Smirenski 11 - Where Was Wych Street by Stacy Aumonier 12 - Holiday Group by E M Delafield 13 - The Conquest of the Earth by the Moon by Washington Irving 14 - Toba Tek Singh by Sadat Hasan Manto 15 - The Inconsiderate Waiter by J M Barrie 16 - The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde 17 - The Wedding Knell by Nathaniel Hawthorne 18 - Three Men In A Boat - Part 1 by Jerome K Jerome 19 -Three Men In A Boat - Part 2 by Jerome K Jerome 20 - Three Men In A Boat - Part 3 by Jerome K Jerome 21 - Three Men In A Boat - Part 4 by Jerome K Jerome |
