Wit and satire used for amusement or even to critique society

Read by Richard Mitchley, Hubert Gregg, David Shaw-Parker(Unabridged: 11:04mins)

Featuring stories by Oscar Wilde, Nikolai Gogol, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, D H Lawrence, Anton Chekhov, James Fenimore Cooper & many more

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