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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Voltaire's "Candide" (1759) is my favorite http://www!.azete!.com/preview/60762 http://fajardo-acosta!.com/worldlit/volta!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com 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 Www@QuestionHome@Com 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!. Www@QuestionHome@Com 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 Www@QuestionHome@Com Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan SwiftWww@QuestionHome@Com |