Project Gutenberg 2005-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 453 Various Verschillende Various, Various Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 Produced by Syamanta Saikia, Jon Ingram, Barbara Tozier and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841" is a satirical publication created by various authors during the early Victorian era. This book is a collection of humorous articles, illustrations, and poems that comment on contemporary social, political, and economic issues in Britain. "Punch" exemplifies the wit and satire that characterized much of the humor in that period, with topics ranging from politics to social norms and public figures. The publication features various whimsical pieces, including a proposal to monetize crime by allowing individuals to pay to avoid punishment for offenses, reflecting the absurdities of contemporary governance. It also showcases comedic poems that critique political parties like the Whigs and Tories, along with humorous accounts of everyday life, such as the absurdity found within electoral processes and societal interactions. Throughout, the sharp humor, clever wordplay, and social commentary capture the playful yet critical spirit of public discourse in 1841. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English wit and humor -- Periodicals AP Text Punch Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature 132419 132087 2024-09-06T13:42:16.892087 2023-09-07T05:21:21.899278 text/html text/html 133365 2020-12-19T09:42:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 668629 2020-12-19T09:42:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 682708 2024-09-06T13:42:29.845500 application/epub+zip 677010 2024-09-06T13:42:21.817556 application/epub+zip 114126 2024-09-06T13:42:17.580046 application/epub+zip 2233826 2024-09-06T13:42:33.705486 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2224733 2024-09-06T13:42:25.573488 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252585 2022-09-07T18:59:33.115630 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112699 112604 2024-09-06T13:42:16.258067 2023-09-07T05:21:21.325262 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 112489 2020-12-19T09:42:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 47355 2020-12-19T09:42:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 112485 2020-12-19T09:42:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47322 2020-12-19T09:42:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19749 2024-09-06T13:42:33.857443 application/rdf+xml 16373 2024-09-06T13:42:17.931033 image/jpeg 3704 2024-09-06T13:42:17.755024 image/jpeg 730820 2024-09-06T13:42:16.938059 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog