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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
Category: Classics | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
This essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of the English language. Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise ...Show more
A Modest Proposal and Other Writings by Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift
Category: Classics
A new selection of Swift's witty, acerbic and polemical proseThe political dilemma of Ireland; the state of faith in England; the charms of the Beggar's Opera; the importance of puns . . . This selection gathers together some of Swift's most brilliant prose, from high politics to social gossip, from sav ...Show more
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this ...Show more
Cadenus and Vaness by Jonathan Swift
Category: Gift
Wisdom's Above Suspecting Wiles; The Queen Of Learning Gravely Smiles, Down From Olympus Comes With Joy, Mistakes Vanessa For A Boy; Then Sows Within Her Tender Mind Seeds Long Unknown To Womankind.
GULLIVER S TRAVELS by JONATHAN SWIFT
Category: Classics | Series: Oneworld Classics Ser.
Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are unabridged and have been rewritten for younger audiences. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) wit ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Category: Children's Classics
Since its appearance in 1726, Gulliver's Travels has never ceased to fascinate readers. Designed for the early school years, this enchanting illustrated version takes the form of a travel journal, and features stunning large color illustrations and drawings. Kids will enjoy following Gulliver's adventur ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Category: Classics | Series: Children's Signature Classics Ser.
Age range 14+The imaginative satire by Jonathan Swift is now available in an unabridged paperback edition for today’s young readers. Lemuel Gulliver is a ship’s surgeon whose journeys go astray after a shipwreck on the high seas. He encounters a race of miniature people known as Lilliputians; giant Brob ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Category: Classics
Gulliver's Travels (1726) is Jonathan Swift's chief masterpiece. Upon its publication, the work became an instant bestseller, enjoyed by children for its sensational adventures, and chuckled over by adults who recognized the targets of Swift's barbs. Gulliver's Travels thrills the reader with tales of s ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Category: Classics | Series: Transatlantic Classics
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Category: Classics
This is the classic story of Gulliver's voyages to Lilliput, Brobingnag, Laputa and Japan and the Country of the Houyhnhnms, and of the people he meets and lives with for a time.
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Category: Fiction
Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift's best known work and a classic of English literature. The book satirizes human nature and Swift claimed that he wrote it "to vex the world rather than divert it." The book follows Lemuel Gulliver and his fantastical travels to foreign lands where he encounters ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.' Shipwrecked on the high seas, Lemuel Gulliver finds ...Show more