On the Decay of the Art of Lying

Released: December 11, 2017
Length: 15 mins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Audio Sommelier

Follow Mark Twain View on Audible amazon apple

In "On the Decay of the Art of Lying," Mark Twain explores the complexities and social implications of deceit in this insightful 1880 essay. Narrated by Larry G. Jones, the audiobook delves into Twain's witty observations on honesty and human nature, offering a thought-provoking reflection on the role of lying in society. This classic work remains relevant, inviting listeners to reconsider the nuances of truthfulness in everyday life.

essays humor nonfiction

RecentAudiobook tracks Mark Twain and over 141,000 other authors for new releases.

Follow the authors you love and hear about every new audiobook the day it lands.

Get started Browse authors

Literary Treasures

Charles Dickens, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Alexandre Dumas, Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Palovich Chekhov

35+ Anthology of Christmas Stories. Classic Collection

Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, L. Frank Baum, Nikolai Gogol, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rudyard Kipling, L.M. Montgomery, William Dean Howells, L. M. Montgomery, Nikolay Gogol, Elizabeth Harrison, Lyman Frank Baum

An Audio Bundle: Storm & Deep Blue

Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, Patrick O'Brian, Sebastian Junger, Herman Meville, Robert L Stevenson

Masters of Action & Adventure. The Classic Collection (25+ Books)

Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Agatha Christie, Jack London, Arthur Machen

Cover of The Detective Novels Collection: 13 Novels and Stories from Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy L. Sayers, Josephine Tey, & More

The Detective Novels Collection: 13 Novels and Stories from Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy L. Sayers, Josephine Tey, & More

Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, A. A. Milne, Dorothy L. Sayers, Freeman Wills Crofts, Josephine Tey, Edgar Allen Poe

The Definitive War Novels Collection: 6 Novels and Stories from George Orwell, Leo Tolstoy, Homer, & More

Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen Crane, George Orwell, Homer, Frederic Manning

Cover of The Definitive Sci-Fi Collection: 25+ Novels and Stories from George Orwell, HP Lovecraft, Jules Verne, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Mary Shelley, & More

The Definitive Sci-Fi Collection: 25+ Novels and Stories from George Orwell, HP Lovecraft, Jules Verne, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Mary Shelley, & More

Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson, E. M. Forster, H. P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, Edgar Rice Burroughs, George Orwell, Edward Abbott, Margaret Cavendish, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Elizabeth Bowen, Herbert George Wells, Robert L Stevenson, Jules Scott Verne

Nobel Quotes

Theodore Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Rudyard Kipling, William Butler Yeats, Daniel Kahneman, Milton Friedman, Barack Obama, Paul Krugman