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A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift - Book 3 Title: A Modest Proposal Overview: A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. The essay suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, predominantly Irish Catholic (i.e., "Papists") as well as British policy toward the Irish in general. In English writing, the phrase "a modest proposal" is now conventionally an allusion to this style of straight-faced satire. Published: 1729 Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Satirical Essay Episode: A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift - Book 3 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 24:56 Book: 3 Length Book: 24:56 Episodes: 1 of 1 Predecessor: Gulliver's Travels Narrator: John Gonzalez Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #irreligion #morality #christianity #religion #literature #politics #biblical #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 2 Title: Gulliver's Travels Overview: Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirizing both human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work and a classic of English literature. Swift claimed that he wrote Gulliver's Travels "to vex the world rather than divert it". The book was an immediate success. The English dramatist John Gay remarked "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery." In 2015, Robert McCrum released his selection list of 100 best novels of all time in which Gulliver's Travels is listed as "a satirical masterpiece". Published: 1726 List: 100 Best Novels Of All Time, 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Fantasy, Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction Episode: Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 2 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 5:03:06 Book: 2 Length Book: 11:10:32 Episodes: 20 - 39 of 39 Predecessor: Drapier's Letters Successor: A Modest Proposal Narrator: Lizzie Driver Memorium: Kristin Hughes (1974 - 2021) Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, travelers, tales, literary, humanity, literature, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #travelers #tales #literary #humanity #literature #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 1 Title: Gulliver's Travels Overview: Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirizing both human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work and a classic of English literature. Swift claimed that he wrote Gulliver's Travels "to vex the world rather than divert it". The book was an immediate success. The English dramatist John Gay remarked "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery." In 2015, Robert McCrum released his selection list of 100 best novels of all time in which Gulliver's Travels is listed as "a satirical masterpiece". Published: 1726 List: 100 Best Novels Of All Time, 100 Classic Book Collection Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Fantasy, Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction Episode: Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 6:20:23 Book: 2 Length Book: 11:10:32 Episodes: 0 - 19 of 39 Predecessor: Drapier's Letters Successor: A Modest Proposal Narrator: Lizzie Driver Memorium: Kristin Hughes (1974 - 2021) Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, travelers, tales, literary, humanity, literature, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #travelers #tales #literary #humanity #literature #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift - Book 1 Title: A Tale of a Tub Overview: A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697 and published in 1704. It is arguably his most difficult satire, and perhaps his best. The Tale is a prose parody divided into sections of "digression" and a "tale" of three brothers, each representing one of the main branches of western Christianity. A satire on the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches and English Dissenters, it was famously attacked for its profanity and irreligion, starting with William Wotton, who wrote that it made a game of "God and Religion, Truth and Moral Honesty, Learning and Industry" to show "at the bottom [the author's] contemptible Opinion of every Thing which is called Christianity." The work continued to be regarded as an attack on religion well into the nineteenth century. The Tale was enormously popular, presenting both a satire of religious excess and a parody of contemporary writing in literature, politics, theology, Biblical exegesis, and medicine through its comically excessive front matter and series of digressions throughout. The overarching parody is of enthusiasm, pride, and credulity. At the time it was written, politics and religion were still closely linked in England, and the religious and political aspects of the satire can often hardly be separated. "The work made Swift notorious, and was widely misunderstood, especially by Queen Anne herself who mistook its purpose for profanity." It "effectively disbarred its author from proper preferment" in the Church of England, but is considered one of Swift's best allegories, even by himself. Published: 1704 Author: Jonathan Swift Genre: Satire, Prose & Tragedy Episode: A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift - Book 1 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 4:26:42 Book: 1 Length Book: 4:26:42 Episodes: 0 - 12 of 12 Successor: Drapier's Letters Narrator: Edmund Bloxam Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, jonathanswift Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #satire #parody #irreligion #morality #christianity #religion #literature #politics #biblical #JonathanSwift Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Tales of the Jazz Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 5, Part 2 Title: Tales of the Jazz Age Overview: Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to the subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Metropolitan Magazine (New York), Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Collier's, Chicago Sunday Tribune, or Vanity Fair. The stories included in the collection are: "The Jelly-Bean", "The Camel's Back", "May Day", "Porcelain and Pink", "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Tarquin of Cheapside", "O Russet Witch!", "The Lees of Happiness", "Mr. Icky", and "Jemina". Published: 1922 Series: Short Story Collections #2 List: Great American Short Story Collection Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Genre: Short Stories Episode: Tales of the Jazz Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 5, Part 2 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 4:04:28 Book: 5 Length Book: 8:45:01 Episodes: 7 - 13 of 13 Predecessor: Flappers and Philosophers Successor: All the Sad Young Men Narrator: Don W. Jenkins Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character,  love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration, FScottFitzgerald Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #FScottFitzgerald #adventure #hero #romance #literary Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Tales of the Jazz Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 5, Part 1 Title: Tales of the Jazz Age Overview: Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to the subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Metropolitan Magazine (New York), Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Collier's, Chicago Sunday Tribune, or Vanity Fair. The stories included in the collection are: "The Jelly-Bean", "The Camel's Back", "May Day", "Porcelain and Pink", "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Tarquin of Cheapside", "O Russet Witch!", "The Lees of Happiness", "Mr. Icky", and "Jemina". Published: 1922 Series: Short Story Collections #2 List: Great American Short Story Collection Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Genre: Short Stories Episode: Tales of the Jazz Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 5, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 4:40:41 Book: 5 Length Book: 8:45:01 Episodes: 0 - 6 of 13 Predecessor: Flappers and Philosophers Successor: All the Sad Young Men Narrator: Don W. Jenkins Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character,  love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration, FScottFitzgerald Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #FScottFitzgerald #adventure #hero #romance #literary Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

Flappers and Philosophers - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 4 Title: Flappers and Philosophers Overview: Flappers and Philosophers is the first collection of eight short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Saturday Evening Post, or Scribner's Magazine. The stories included in the collection are: "The Offshore Pirate", "The Ice Palace", "Head and Shoulders", "The Cut-Glass Bowl", "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", "Benediction", "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong", and "The Four Fists". Published: 1920 Series: Short Story Collections #1 List: Great American Short Story Collection Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Genre: Short Stories Episode: Flappers and Philosophers - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 4 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 6:50:23 Book: 4 Length Book: 6:50:23 Episodes: 1 - 8 of 8 Successor: Tales of the Jazz Age Narrator: mb Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character,  love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration, FScottFitzgerald Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #FScottFitzgerald #adventure #hero #romance #literary Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 3 Title: The Great Gatsby Overview: The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft of the novel in 1924. He submitted it to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After making revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. Painter Francis Cugat's cover art greatly impressed Fitzgerald, and he incorporated aspects of it into the novel. After its publication by Scribner's in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received generally favorable reviews, though some literary critics believed it did not equal Fitzgerald's previous efforts. Compared to his earlier novels, Gatsby was a commercial disappointment, selling fewer than 20,000 copies by October, and Fitzgerald's hopes of a monetary windfall from the novel were unrealized. When the author died in 1940, he believed himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. During World War II, the novel experienced an abrupt surge in popularity when the Council on Books in Wartime distributed free copies to American soldiers serving overseas. This new-found popularity launched a critical and scholarly re-examination, and the work soon became a core part of most American high school curricula and a part of American popular culture. Numerous stage and film adaptations followed in the subsequent decades. Gatsby continues to attract popular and scholarly attention. Contemporary scholars emphasize the novel's treatment of social class, inherited versus self-made wealth, race, and environmentalism, and its cynical attitude towards the American dream. One persistent item of criticism is an allegation of antisemitic stereotyping. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel. Published: 1925 Series: Novels #3 List: Great American Novel Collection Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Genre: Literary Fiction, Romance, Tragedy Episode: The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 3 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 5:38:04 Book: 3 Length Book: 5:38:04 Episodes: 1 - 9 of 9 Predecessor: The Beautiful and Damned Successor: Tender Is the Night Narrator: Kara Shallenberg Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character,  love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration, FScottFitzgerald Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #FScottFitzgerald #adventure #hero #romance #literary Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 2, Part 2 Title: The Beautiful and Damned Overview: The Beautiful and Damned is a 1922 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, his second, that portrays New York café society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age. As in his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters in this novel are complex, materialistic, and experience significant disruptions in respect to classism, marriage, and intimacy. The novel purportedly was based on the early years of Fitzgerald's marriage to his wife Zelda Fitzgerald, and many critics typically consider the work to be among Fitzgerald's weaker novels. During the final decade of his life, Fitzgerald remarked upon the novel's lack of quality in a letter to his wife: "I wish the Beautiful and Damned had been a maturely written book because it was all true. We ruined ourselves—I have never honestly thought that we ruined each other." Published: 1922 Series: Novels #2 List: Great American Novel Collection Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Genre: Literary Fiction, Tragedy Episode: The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 2, Part 1 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 6:47:06 Book: 2 Length Book: 14:15:10 Episodes: 12 - 21 of 21 Predecessor: This Side of Paradise Successor: The Great Gatsby Narrator: Mark Nelson Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character,  love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration, FScottFitzgerald Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #FScottFitzgerald #adventure #hero #romance #literary Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.

The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 2, Part 1 Title: The Beautiful and Damned Overview: The Beautiful and Damned is a 1922 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, his second, that portrays New York café society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age. As in his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters in this novel are complex, materialistic, and experience significant disruptions in respect to classism, marriage, and intimacy. The novel purportedly was based on the early years of Fitzgerald's marriage to his wife Zelda Fitzgerald, and many critics typically consider the work to be among Fitzgerald's weaker novels. During the final decade of his life, Fitzgerald remarked upon the novel's lack of quality in a letter to his wife: "I wish the Beautiful and Damned had been a maturely written book because it was all true. We ruined ourselves—I have never honestly thought that we ruined each other." Published: 1922 Series: Novels #2 List: Great American Novel Collection Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Genre: Literary Fiction, Tragedy Episode: The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Book 2, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 7:28:02 Book: 2 Length Book: 14:15:10 Episodes: 1 - 11 of 21 Predecessor: This Side of Paradise Successor: The Great Gatsby Narrator: Mark Nelson Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character,  love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration, FScottFitzgerald Hashtags: #freeaudiobooks #audiobook #mustread #readingbooks #audiblebooks #favoritebooks #free #booklist #audible #freeaudiobook #FScottFitzgerald #adventure #hero #romance #literary Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream.