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Question: Well known satires about human behavior/attitude!?
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Voltaire's "Candide" (1759) is my favorite
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You could probably find satirization of human behavior in most any novel, in varying degrees, but here are just a few!.!.

Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel Cervantes (if you have lots of time)
A Modest Proposal (essay) by Jonathan Swift
A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed (poetry) by Jonathan Swift!.!.!.come to think of it, any poetry of Jonathan Swift
Benito Cereno (novella) by Herman Melville
Animal Farm by George Orwell


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Mark Twin was a very!.!.!. sarcastic author!. Almost everything he has published as a satire of some sort!.

Huck Finn-- Organized religion
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County-- Country people

I could name more, but I think you get the point!.

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Chaucer's Canterbury Tales!.!.!.creative, somewhat historical (background), and funny!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal
Joseph Heller Catch-22
Aristophanes Lysistrata and other plays
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Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan SwiftWww@QuestionHome@Com