Books on Topic: 'Political satire'

Das 1895 uraufgeführte Lustspiel Leonce und Lena von Georg Büchner setzt sich an Hand der Liebesgeschichte der Königskinder Leonce und Lena sartirisch...

Natives of the distant planet of Kwannon believe that their world is about to end, and in preparing for the apocalypse, may be unnecessarily bringing...

Candide vivait paisible et innocent chez le baron de Thunder-ten-tronckh, en Westphalie. Dans son château, le précepteur Pangloss (« qui discourt de t...

Jules Vernes Roman führt uns in das fiktive Städtchen Quiquendone. Hier ticken die Uhren besonders langsam und es bedarf schon mal Jahrzehnte, bevor d...

The twelfth and final book of Jean de La Fontaine's fables is a collection of 27 verse tales that explore human nature and society. With their witty o...

In H. Beam Piper's 'Lone Star Planet,' the citizens of New Texas, a spacefaring colony with a distinct Texan swagger, face a perilous threat from the...

„Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen“ ist ein satirisches Versepos von Heinrich Heine, das er während einer Reise durch Deutschland im Winter 1843/44 schri...

Hadrian the Seventh is a satirical novel by Frederick Rolfe, first published in 1904. It tells the story of George Arthur Rose, an English Catholic pr...

John Dryden's *Absalom and Achitophel* is a political satire in verse form, published in 1681. The poem utilizes the biblical narrative of King David...

Published anonymously in 1880, *Democracy* is a satirical novel that offers a sharp critique of American politics during the Gilded Age. The story fol...

A correspondent for the British Bolshevist newspaper, Henry Beechtree, finds himself covering the League of Nations in Geneva when the newly elected P...

Taking an Alice in Wonderland perspective, Westminster Alice humorously examines British politics, which Alice finds even more peculiar than the event...

Futility explores the complex relationships between England and Russia through the experiences of a young Englishman, Lionel, who travels to Russia in...

Royal Highness follows the story of Prince Klaus Heinrich, heir to a dwindling German duchy, and his encounters with an American heiress who becomes h...

This collection compiles a selection of early poems by James Russell Lowell, a prominent American writer and critic. It offers insight into his early...

“Myszeis” is a satirical poem written by Ignacy Krasicki, a prominent Polish poet and bishop. It tells the story of a conflict between mice and rats o...

Set in early 20th-century London, *The Secret Agent* by Joseph Conrad follows Adolf Verloc, a seemingly ordinary shopkeeper and a secret agent for a f...

Published in the late 19th century, "The Social War of 1900" is a strange and often unsettling work of science fiction. The novel follows Dr. Victor J...

This volume, translated by Emma Lazarus, presents a collection of poems and ballads by Heinrich Heine, a renowned German poet of the 19th century. Kno...

This collection of articles by Mariano José de Larra, a prominent Spanish journalist and writer of the 19th century, offers a sharp and witty critique...

“The Vegetable” is a play by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of ambition, disillusionment, and the American Dream through the lens of a satir...

Thomas Moore's "The Song of the Box" is a satirical poem that pokes fun at the English political system and the practice of public voting in the 19th...

Der Untertan is a satirical novel by Heinrich Mann, first published in 1918. It is a critique of the German Empire during the reign of Wilhelm II, and...

**Brennende Erde** (Burning Earth) is a collection of poems by Erich Mühsam, a prominent German writer, anarchist, and activist. The poems, spanning t...