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हास्यऔरव्यंग्यकीपरिभाषाकरनाकठिनहै।यहतयकरनाभीकठिनहैकिकहाँहास्यखत्महोताहैऔरव्यंग्यशुरूहोताहै।व्यंग्यसेहँसीभीआसकतीहै, परइससेवहहास्यनहींहोजाता।मुख्यबातहैकथितवस्तुकाउद्देश्यऔरसरोकारक्याहै।व्यंग्यकासामाजिकसरोकारहोताहै।इससरोकारसेव्यक्तिनहींछूटता।श्रेष्ठरचनाचाहेवहकिसीभीविधामेंक्योंनहो, अनिवार्यतःऔरअन्ततःव्यंग्यहीहोतीहै।इसअर्थमेंहमव्यंग्यकोचाहेंतोतीव्रतमक्षमताशालीव्यंजनात्मकताकेरूपमेंदेखसकतेहैं।व्यंग्यसहृदयमेंहलचलपैदाकरताहै।

शरद जोशी की गणना हिन्दी के अग्रणी हास्य-व्यंगकारों से की जाती है । उनकी रचनाएं जहाँ एक और हंसाती और मन को गुदगुदाती हैं, वहां दूसरी और जबरदस्त चोट भी करती है । समाज, शासन और राजनीति उनकी रचनाओं के विशेष विषय रहे है । 'पिछले दिनों शरद जोशी के ऐसे व्यंग्य लेखों का संग्रह है जो एक ओर सामाजिक स्थितियों को नई दृष्टि देते हुए सही दिशा की ओर इंगित करते हैं तो दूसरी ओर अपनी तीक्ष्णता और पैनेपन से भी पाठक को प्रभावित करते हैं । इन रचनाओं से हिन्दी साहित्य का स्तर ऊंचा हुआ है ।

Butchers, bakers, brewers, businessmen, farmers, fabric workers, entertainers, comedians, gluttons, lechers, spongers and swindlers, prostitutes and parasites, the pope and his priests, the king and his courtiers, compete for attention in this lively and subversive vision of corruption in fourteenth-century England.

The legendary ironic insightful classic by Voltaire, considered the greatest artistic genius of his era. Introducing the legendary, best-of-all-possible-worlds Pangloss. A whirlwind trip around the globe with irony, wit, insight, genius, and more at each stop.

Media mogul Lord Malan is the billionaire owner of The Blue Touch Paper, an old-fashioned, hard-right weekly magazine with traditional Conservative values. But the paper is so true blue, it’s losing its touch. Sales are falling and circulation is down – mainly because its core readers are either on the brink of death or foam-flecked with rage. It’s time for a new editor, and political commentator Anna is sure she’s a shoo-in for the position. Much to her disappointment, however, Malan picks a different candidate: Keith, the Guardian’s token Tory, who champions compassionate Conservatism.

Utopia is a social and political satire, in the form of a traveler’s tale in an apparently blissful society based upon natural reason and justice. Sir Thomas More explores the role of philosophy—and unrealistic idealism—in government and offers a scathing analysis of the politics and society of his time.

Artie Kipps is destined at the tender age of fourteen for a life of drudgery in the drapery trade … until he unexpectedly inherits a fortune from a grandfather he never knew existed! Enter: A whisky-drinking actor and playwright who persuades Kipps to invest in his play! A down-on-their-luck mother and daughter who promptly see Kipps as a means to escape their (comparative) poverty! Plenty of patronizing, unthinking social snobs!