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The teaching profession, science and politics in late 19th century England. H.G.Wells’ humorous early novel, drawing on his own life, shows how these – as well as involvement in spiritualism – have to compete with love.

Verschiedene Essays, in denen Dinge wie Schundromane, Planeten, Posse, Demut und unüberlegte Gelübde verteidigt werden. Ein hochvergnügliches Augenzwinkern ist unüberseh- bzw. unüberhörbar. ( Zusammenfassung von Bernd Ungerer)

Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog was Nederland neutraal, maar het dreigende oorlogsgeweld in de ons omringende landen kwam heel dichtbij. In maart 1916 werd ook Herman Salomons opgeroepen voor militaire dienst. Onder zijn pseudoniem Melis Stoke publiceerde hij later zijn militaire memoires 'Van Aardappel-mes tot Officiersdegen, uit het Dagboek van een Landstormplichtige'. Hierin biedt hij ons een humoristische en soms cynische kijk op het militaire leven van die tijd. (Samenvatting door Bart de Leeuw)

LibriVox readers bring you 16 recordings of "To a Faded Rose" by Maurice Switzer. This was the Weekly Poetry selection for June 16, 2013.

The line between sanity and insanity is blurred in this classic novella by Anton Chekhov. The disillusioned idealist Dr. Rabin is in charge of a provincial lunatic asylum, overseeing with weary, dubious policies a motley group of patients, a group that mirrors in microcosm all of human and especially Russian society. Seeking answers to profound questions, Dr. Rabin enters into dialogues with both staff members and patients, trying to make sense out of what has become of his life, until it becomes less and less clear who is the doctor and who is the patient. Written with obvious reformist concerns about the dehumanization of "lunatics," the story is also a harrowing parable about the me...

Der Froschmäusekrieg ist eine humorvolle Parodie auf die homerischen Epen. Ganz im klassischen Stil wird hier ein blutiger Krieg zwischen den Völkern der Frösche und der Mäuse geschildert. Das kleine Epos wurde früher Homer zugeschrieben, der tatsächliche Autor ist unbekannt. Als Entstehungszeit gilt das erste vorchristliche Jahrhundert. Der Stoff wurde vielfach übersetzt, nacherzählt und bearbeitet. Diese LibriVox-Aufnahme enthält zwei Fassungen. Die erste ist eine Übersetzung von Franz Xaver Weinzierl von 1804, originalgetreu und klassisch in Sprache und Versmaß. Eine freiere Nachdichtung in alten deutschen Kinderreimen ist hingegen die volkstümliche Adaption Victor Blüthgens von 1878....

A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various social activities — politics, publishing, theatre, philanthropy, and business — he finds more hypocrisy and corruption than he thought possible. He takes refuge with a group of "bohemians", who meet in a red dining room in Berns Salonger to discuss these matters. (Introduction adopted from Wikipedia)

A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697, that was eventually published in 1704. It is arguably his most difficult satire, and perhaps his most masterly. The Tale is a prose parody which is divided into sections of "digression" and a "tale" of three brothers, each representing one of the main branches of western Christianity. A Tale was long regarded as a satire on religion itself, and has famously been attacked for that, starting with William Wotton. The "tale" presents a consistent satire of religious excess, while the digressions are a series of parodies of contemporary writing in literature, politics, theology, Biblical exegesi...

The estimable gentleman, Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, ESQ., B.A., travels from his native India to England, with his impeccable English and manners, which immediately mark him as a foreigner, and embarks on an enviable program of escapades. These stories are the product of the fertile imagination of Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A., a nom de plume for the humorist F. Anstey, which is a further nom de plume for Thomas Anstey Guthrie. Whether rescuing a nubile maiden from a charging bull or falling in love with said nubile maiden, Mr. Bosh, B. A. cannot help but perform with the requisite humor to engage our attention.