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The Complete Romances of Voltaire

Voltaire

Philosophy

In 1694, Age of Enlightenment leader Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was born in Paris. Jesuit-educat

collection, enlightenment, romance, satire

Penguin Island

Anatole France

Classic Fiction

Penguin Island is a satirical novel by Anatole France first published in 1908. The book details the history of

anthropomorphism, dreyfus, french, satire

Slaughterhouse-Five

or The Children’s Crusade

Kurt Vonnegut

Contemporary Fiction

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five, an American clas

bestseller, didactic, film, postmodern, ptsd, satire, ww2

Great Apes

Will Self

Contemporary Fiction

Fans of Will Selfs satirical fiction and stunning prose will not be disappointed in the latest from the author

heroin, satire, urbanism

Lunar Park

Bret Easton Ellis

Contemporary Fiction

Bret Ellis, the narrator of Lunar Park, is a writer whose first novel Less Than Zero catapulted him to internat

psuedomemoire, satire

Imperial Bedrooms

Bret Easton Ellis

Contemporary Fiction

In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis shocked, stunned and disturbed with Less Than Zero, his extraordinarily accomplished

losangeles, satire

The Squabble

Nikolai Gogol

Classic Fiction

Nikolai Gogols short story is a sublime work of tragi-comedy. In it, he brilliantly ridicules the Ukrainian pas

russia, russian, satire, shortstories

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol

Classic Fiction

More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogols stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a

collection, fantasy, folktales, russia, russian, satire, shortstories

Candide

Voltaire

Classic Fiction

Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desper

french, polemics, satire

Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys

Will Self

Contemporary Fiction

The New York Times Book Review has called Will Self a defiant satirist with a peculiar mastery of the vocabular

collection, satire, shortstories, urbanism