Satire
Mockery with a moral edge.
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Miguel de Cervantes Don QuixoteDon QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes · 1605-1615On 7 lists
Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury TalesThe Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1387-1400On 6 lists
Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift · 1726On 5 listsThe Great BooksThe CloudsAristophanesThe CloudsAristophanes · 423 BCEOn 4 lists
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain · 1884-1885On 4 listsThe Great BooksThe BirdsAristophanesThe BirdsAristophanes · 414 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksThe FrogsAristophanesThe FrogsAristophanes · 405 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksThe Praise of FollyDesiderius ErasmusThe Praise of FollyDesiderius Erasmus · 1511On 3 lists
UtopiaThomas More · 1516On 3 listsThe Great BooksTartuffeMolièreTartuffeMolière · 1664On 3 lists
CandideVoltaire · 1759On 3 lists
LysistrataAristophanes · 411 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais Gargantua and PantagruelGargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532-1564On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Provincial LettersBlaise PascalThe Provincial LettersBlaise Pascal · 1656-1657On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe MisanthropeMolièreThe MisanthropeMolière · 1666On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe MiserMolièreThe MiserMolière · 1668On 2 listsThe Great BooksFablesAesopFablesAesop · c. 6th c. BCEOn 1 list
WorksLucian · c. 160-180On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymousAnonymous The Thousand and One NightsThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymous · c. 9th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksTroilus and CressidaWilliam ShakespeareTroilus and CressidaWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1602On 1 listThe Great BooksThe AlchemistBen JonsonThe AlchemistBen Jonson · 1610On 1 listThe Great BooksA New Way to Pay Old DebtsPhilip MassingerA New Way to Pay Old DebtsPhilip Massinger · c. 1625On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Would-Be GentlemanMolièreThe Would-Be GentlemanMolière · 1670On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Imaginary InvalidMolièreThe Imaginary InvalidMolière · 1673On 1 listThe Great BooksA Tale of a TubJonathan SwiftA Tale of a TubJonathan Swift · 1704On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rape of the LockAlexander PopeThe Rape of the LockAlexander Pope · 1712On 1 listThe Great BooksPersian LettersMontesquieuPersian LettersMontesquieu · 1721On 1 listThe Great BooksA Modest ProposalJonathan SwiftA Modest ProposalJonathan Swift · 1729On 1 listThe Great BooksJoseph AndrewsHenry FieldingJoseph AndrewsHenry Fielding · 1742On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel JohnsonThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel Johnson · 1749On 1 listThe Great BooksTom JonesHenry FieldingHenry Fielding Tom JonesTom JonesHenry Fielding · 1749On 1 list
Laurence Sterne Tristram ShandyTristram ShandyLaurence Sterne · 1759-1767On 1 listThe Great BooksRameau's NephewDenis DiderotRameau's NephewDenis Diderot · c. 1761On 1 listThe Great BooksPhilosophical DictionaryVoltaireVoltaire Philosophical DictionaryPhilosophical DictionaryVoltaire · 1764On 1 list
A Sentimental Journey Through France and ItalyLaurence Sterne · 1768On 1 listThe Great BooksThe School for ScandalRichard Brinsley SheridanThe School for ScandalRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777On 1 listThe Great BooksPoems and SongsRobert BurnsRobert Burns Poems and SongsPoems and SongsRobert Burns · 1786-1796On 1 list
Lord Byron Don JuanDon JuanLord Byron · 1819-1824On 1 list
Charles Dickens The Pickwick PapersThe Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens · 1836-1837On 1 list
Hard TimesCharles Dickens · 1854On 1 list
Charles Dickens Little DorritLittle DorritCharles Dickens · 1855-1857On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein Veblen · 1899On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Mysterious StrangerMark TwainThe Mysterious StrangerMark Twain · 1897On 1 listThe Great BooksAnimal FarmGeorge OrwellAnimal FarmGeorge Orwell · 1945On 1 list