The island: Or, an Adventure of a Person of Quality

Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World

Jonathan Swift

The work is a satirical travel narrative that presents itself as the manuscript of Lemuel Gulliver, a retired…

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s tale is a blend of fantasy fiction, satire, and Arthurian parody, set up from the very first…

Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World” is a satirical fantasy framed…

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey is a satirical novel that also dabbles in gothic romance, set against the backdrop of…

Candide

Voltaire

Voltaire’s Candide is an eighteenth‑century satirical novella that launches with a crisp, almost theatrical…

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair is a satirical novel that opens amid the bustling, self‑conscious world of Sir Pitt Crawley, a…