Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914

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Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914

by Various Authors

EN·~1 hours·30 chapters

Chapters

30 total
1

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. - VOLUME 147.

0:02
2

OCTOBER 21, 1914.

0:26
3

CHARIVARIA.

2:46
4

TO THE ENEMY, ON HIS ACHIEVEMENT.

1:30
5

TOMMY BROWN, RECRUITING SERGEANT.

5:02
6

THE GREATER GAME.

0:25
7

THE SUNDAY EVENING EDITION.

3:34
8

UNINTELLIGENT ANTICIPATION.

6:03
9

A UNITED FAMILY.

0:18
10

STICK TO IT, RIGHT WING!

1:55

Description

This volume captures a moment when Britain’s humor turned sharply toward the war, offering listeners a lively collage of satire, cartoons, and short sketches that echo the everyday chatter of 1914. The opening vignette follows a nervous youngster who spots a special constable, turning an ordinary street scene into a wry commentary on authority and panic. Interspersed between the jokes are tongue‑in‑cheek reports about renamed streets, imagined letters from the Kaiser, and absurd “official” statistics that lampoon government propaganda.

The later pages shift to mock‑heroic war anecdotes, such as a British sub‑altern giving a German soldier an unexpected kick, and a jaunty poem railing against the enemy’s “great achievements.” Brief verses by a recruiting sergeant mingle dark humor with patriotic exaggeration, while a series of witty asides poke fun at wartime shortages, cigarette‑lighting habits, and the public’s bewildered reactions to the conflict. Listeners get a vivid sense of how a nation used satire to cope with uncertainty, all delivered in the punchy, irreverent style that made the magazine a household name.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (69K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Punch, or the London Charivari, Neville Allen, Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2009-03-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Various Authors

A shared credit like this usually means the audiobook brings together work by more than one writer. That can make for a lively listening experience, with different voices, styles, and ideas collected in one place.

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