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The 24 pages that link to Social satire, each with the reason it gives.

• Opera buffaNarrower topic: The genre's domestic plots often expose privilege, marriage customs, and class conflict.

• Commedia all’italianaNarrower topic: Its criticism of postwar habits and institutions is central to the genre’s comedy.

• The WomenNarrower topic: Luce uses comic exaggeration to expose the privileges and cruelties of Manhattan society.

• The True Story of Ah QNarrower topic: The novella uses Ah Q’s treatment to ridicule class prejudice and social authority.

• William Makepeace ThackerayNarrower topic: It names the critical method that links Thackeray’s novels and journalism.

• Jean de La BruyèreNarrower topic: His sketches turn recognizable manners and hierarchies into objects of criticism.

• The ScholarsNarrower topic: Its enduring force comes from exposing how scholarly prestige shapes social behavior.

• Pierre-Augustin de BeaumarchaisNarrower topic: His comedies made social privilege and inherited rank targets of theatrical ridicule.