British and Irish humor before 1800

14 books

A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812George Alexander Stevens · 1785A 1785 comic lecture by George Alexander Stevens, delivered by Charles Lee Lewes, satirizing human character through a collection of heads. This edition also includes an essay on satire and forty-seven engraved heads after designs by Thurston.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

A Sentimental Journey Through France and ItalyLaurence Sterne · 1768A travel narrative by Laurence Sterne, first published in 1768, recounting the journey of Mr. Yorick through France, told as a series of encounters and reflections that emphasize sentiment and feeling over sightseeing.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

A Tale of a TubJonathan Swift · 1704A satirical prose work by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1704 and presented here in an 1889 edition edited by Henry Morley. It combines a mock tale with comic digressions and a related piece, The History of Martin, in a parody of contemporary writers and learning.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift · 1726A satirical travel narrative following Lemuel Gulliver on four sea voyages to strange lands, including Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and the country of the Houyhnhnms. This illustrated children's edition was published by Rand McNally in 1936.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldJonathan Swift · 1726Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical travel narrative recounts Captain Lemuel Gulliver's voyages to remote nations including Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of the Houyhnhnms, presented as his own published account.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Love and Freindship [sic]Jane Austen · 1790A collection of Jane Austen's juvenile writings, written in 1790, featuring the epistolary novella "Love and Freindship" along with other early pieces including "Lesley Castle," "The History of England," and assorted letters, sketches, and fragments.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Polite Conversation in Three DialoguesJonathan Swift · 1738A satirical work in three dialogues, first published in 1738, presenting a mock guide to polite conversation that records the clichés and coarse everyday talk of early eighteenth-century society. This limited Chiswick Press edition includes an introduction and notes by George Saintsbury.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — CompleteT. Smollett · 1753A two-part 1753 picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett, following the scheming adventurer Ferdinand Count Fathom as he pursues deceit, seduction, and fraud across Europe, presented complete in two parts with the author's preface and an introduction by G. H. Maynadier.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventures of Peregrine PickleT. Smollett · 1751An 18th-century comic novel by Tobias Smollett, first published in 1751, following the fortunes of Peregrine Pickle, beginning with an account of his merchant father Gamaliel Pickle and his retirement to the English countryside.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Adventures of Roderick RandomT. Smollett · 1748An 1748 satirical picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett, following the misfortunes of Roderick Random, a friendless Scottish orphan of modest merit as he struggles against the selfishness, envy, and malice of the world, in the manner of Gil Blas.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Battle of the Books, and other Short PiecesJonathan Swift · 1704A collection of satirical short pieces by Jonathan Swift, published in 1704. The title work is a satire on the quarrel over the relative merits of ancient and modern learning, imagined as a battle fought by the books themselves.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Bickerstaff-Partridge PapersJonathan Swift · 1708A satirical work by Jonathan Swift, published in 1708, in which the fictional astrologer Isaac Bickerstaff mocks almanac-makers and their fraudulent predictions, famously forecasting the death of almanac-maker John Partridge.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Expedition of Humphry ClinkerT. Smollett · 1771A 1771 epistolary novel by Tobias Smollett, told through letters exchanged among the eccentric Bramble family and their acquaintances as they travel through Britain. The correspondence humorously recounts their journeys, health complaints, household affairs, and encounters.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentlemanLaurence Sterne · 1759A comic novel by Laurence Sterne, published in 1759, in which Tristram Shandy narrates his own life and opinions. Digressive and humorous, it begins with his conception and his family's odd habits, promising a story told in an unconventional way.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية