Humor & Satire
1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors
"1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors" by Mark Twain is a satirical squib written in 1876 and first published anonymously in 1880. Presented as a diary entry from Queen Elizabeth I's cup-bearer, the piece records a bawdy conversation between the queen and famous Elizabethan writers including Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Walter Raleigh. The dialogue explores scandalous topics through vulgar humor and irreverent comedy. Once considered unprintable and circulated only in private editions, this ribald work remained underground until the 1960s. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Originally issued 2004-09-17.
Transcribed by Produced by David Widger.
This work is in the public domain in the United States. Sourced from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3190).
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1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors
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