Gullivers Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, commonly known as Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a prose satire by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. The book became popular as soon as it was published. John Gay wrote in a 1726 letter to Swift that "It is universally read, from the cabinet council...

The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume XII by Jonathan Swift. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1900 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as British policy toward Ireland in general. In English writing, the phrase "a modest...

NEW READING WORKBOOK WITH 60+ FUN DRILLS AND 200-WORD VOCABULARY FUN AND EASY TO READ, this didactic workbook in Easy Spanish is based on the best-selling 18th Century fiction novel GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, written by the celebrated Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). Regarded as Swift's literary masterpiece, the novel was first published in 1726 for readers of all ages and is presently considered one of the world's best satires of human nature and society. For your convenience, the original text has been translated, edited and simplified to ease your reading practice and...

El capitan Lemuel Gulliver que es llevado por el mar a mundos fantasticos en donde: es un gigante entre enanos, un enano entre gigantes y un ser humano avergonzado de su condicion en una tierra poblada por caballos sabios que son mas humanos que los propios hombres y desconfian, con razon, de estos. La obra se considera un clasico de la literatura universal y ha inspirado numerosas adaptaciones y versiones. El libro se volvio famoso tan pronto como fue publicado"

The first fully annotated, contextualised, and textually authoritative edition of Swift's Irish prose writings from 1726 to 1738.

Swift's masterful satire is as entertaining today as it was when first published in 1726. Written with great wit and invention, Gulliver's Travels has captivated readers for nearly three centuries.

This edition presents Jonathan Swift's most important Irish writings in both prose and verse, together with an introduction, head notes and annotations that shed new light on the full context and significance of each piece. Familiar works such as "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Tale of a Tub" acquire new and deeper meanings when considered within the Irish frameworks presented in the edition. Differing in noteworthy ways from the more traditional, canonical, Anglocentric picture conveyed by other published volumes, the Swift that emerges from these pages is a brilliant polemicist, popular...