Candide by Voltaire.

Please enjoy an Audio Recording of the greatest satire ever (in Spliffkle's OR Eburnt's opinion, at least).

In this classic of literature Voltaire skewers Religion, Royalty, Government, Wealth, Philosophy, Love, Hate, War and everything else.  Other than the names (and some long outdated racist terms and stereotypes*-which I am sure our listeners will find as out of place as we do) this book is just as relevant now as the day it was written. 

*trigger warning-adult themes and anachronistic terminology.