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| Topic Started: May 22 2008, 04:03 AM (1,567 Views) | |
| Bowles | May 22 2008, 04:03 AM Post #1 |
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I end up reading a lot of this. As far as pure satire goes, my favorites are Catch-22 and Huckleberry Finn. There are other books I like a lot that aren't as heavy on satire although still employ it gratuitously - The Corrections (by Jonathan Franzen), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susannah Clarke), Pride & Prejudice - and to a large extent Barty, of course. Any good satirical novels you've read that you'd like to recommend? I'm planning on reading that book by Voltaire, but the title escapes me right now. Candide? Yeah, Candide. |
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| Artemis | May 23 2008, 05:11 PM Post #2 |
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Afrit
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Daniel Handler. |
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| FuzzyLobster | May 23 2008, 07:37 PM Post #3 |
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Princess Bride I love satire.
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| Bowles | May 25 2008, 08:05 PM Post #4 |
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Foliot
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I totally forgot about Princess Bride! I love that book, the way he tells the story is just too funny. |
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| Apollo | May 25 2008, 08:29 PM Post #5 |
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Well, George Orwell is of course among my favorites. |
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| FuzzyLobster | Jun 2 2008, 07:15 PM Post #6 |
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It was our novel study for Grade 9 English. And this is interesting Edited by FuzzyLobster, Jun 2 2008, 07:53 PM.
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| Luciene | Jun 3 2008, 09:16 PM Post #7 |
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He's really snobby. I read one that analytical essay book he wrote and he was fully bashing kipling and dickens. He had good points but still The Screwtape Letters are good and this isn't really a book but "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift |
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| Post | Jun 10 2008, 02:33 PM Post #8 |
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Higher Spirit
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Watchmen. |
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| FuzzyLobster | Jun 11 2008, 12:44 AM Post #9 |
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Marid
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I want to read that at one point, but the only graphic novel I've read so far and liked was Persepolis... Back on topic: Can anyone recommend any satire? (well, other than the stuff already mentioned) |
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| Luciene | Jun 11 2008, 02:47 AM Post #10 |
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Oh, A Modest Proposal (mentioned above) is online: http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html It's not to long and kinda funny. |
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| Post | Jun 12 2008, 12:52 PM Post #11 |
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Higher Spirit
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A Magical World - Calvin and Hobbes collection. There'll never be anything like that again, the Net has seen to that. |
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| Nero | Jun 12 2008, 09:37 PM Post #12 |
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Yep. The whole collection in particular. |
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