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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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Jonathan Swift
A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with…
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
The comprehensive one-stop guide to the writings, life, and times of Jonathan Swift. With forty-four tightly-focused chapters, this book communicates the latest academic research on Swift in a way that…
Gulliver's Travels has been called many things: Menippean satire children's story proto-Science Fiction and even the forerunner of the modern novel.
Gulliver's Travels has been called many things: Menippean satire children's story proto-Science Fiction and even the forerunner of the modern novel.Published seven years after Daniel Defoe's wildly successful Robinson Crusoe…
Three Prayers and Sermons, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts…
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Embark on a fantastical voyage through strange and wondrous lands with Jonathan Swift's satirical masterpiece, "Gulliver's Travels." This enduring classic, first published in 1726, takes readers on an adventure through…
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Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous.
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Jonathan Swift's classic satire of so-called civilization. This edition is based on the complete first edition of 1726, reproduces all of the original illustrations, and includes a biographical timeline of…
Embark on a fantastical journey with Lemuel Gulliver as he encounters miniature Lilliputians, towering Brobdingnagians and bizarre societies in Jonathan
Swift's classic satire, Gulliver's Travels. Through wit and imagination, Swift…
""Gulliver's Travels"" is a timeless satirical novel written by Jonathan Swift, celebrated for its wit, imagination, and biting social commentary. The story follows Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, who embarks…
Gulliver sees life from many different perspectives during the course of his exciting voyages around the world.
When Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon, sets off on the high seas in search of adventure, things never seem to go quite according to plan. A new illustrated gift edition…
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Chiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the World's finest literature. Your favourite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile embossed layers, fine…
Following ship surgeon Lemuel Gulliver, Jonathan Swift's satire, Gulliver's Travels, is a humorous critique of the darker aspects of human nature. During his voyage, Gulliver visits four islands, each more…
Jonathan Swift's classic is one the greatest novels written in the English language. Gulliver journeys through a series of islands meeting a fantastical array of people - including the famous…
"The Tale of a Tub" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical work that explores religious and political themes through allegory and parody. Published in 1704, the work is presented as…
Illustrated Edition: Features 20 stunning illustrations to enhance the reading experience. Includes Summary: A concise summary to give you a snapshot of the adventure that awaits. Character List: Get acquainted…
Describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction, which discusses…
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin. He is considered the foremost prose satirist in the English language, which stemmed from his criticism of Britain’s repressive colonial policies in Ireland…
Jonathan Swift’s inimitable satire accompanied by the timeless illustrations of Arthur Rackham.
This collection of critical thinking situates the satire of Jonathan Swift within both its eighteenth-century contexts and our modern anxieties about personal identity and communication.
Best known as the author of Gulliver’s Travels , Jonathan Swift is one of literature’s great satirists. Born and educated in Ireland, Swift became a politician and clergyman in England…
Brean Hammond
This book offers an accessible, single-volume introduction to a wider range of Jonathan Swift’s writing than is usually covered in such treatments of him. Primarily a work of biographically-inflected literary…
Ian Higgins
The book’s focus is the major satires upon which Swift’s literary reputation principally rests including ‘A Tale of Tub’, ‘An Argument Against Aboloshing Christianity’, ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, ‘A Modest Proposal’ and…
The book’s focus is the major satires upon which Swift’s literary reputation principally rests, including A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal and the infamous scatological poems.
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Part of Faber’s critically acclaimed Poet to Poet series
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
THIS 28 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Good Men and Great, by Elbert Hubbard. To purchase the entire book, please order…
The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume 2' is a collection of poems written by the renowned 18th-century Irish author, Jonathan Swift. The book features a variety of poems, including political…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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Swift’s A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books are among the master pieces of English satire. Included with them in this volume are: The History of…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed…
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A scholarly edition of the correspondence of Jonathan Swift. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
