Jonathan Swift: 328 books

Book cover of The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces
by Jonathan Swift
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009

The Battle of the Books depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library, as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy. The "moderns" took the position that the modern age of science and reason was superior to the superstitious and limited world of Greece and Rome. The "ancients," for their...
Book cover of Una humilde propuesta
by Jonathan Swift
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 24, 2015

Una humilde propuesta Escrito en 1729, este magnífico texto satírico comienza así: «Para evitar que los hijos de los pobres de Irlanda sean una carga para sus padres o su país y para que se conviertan en algo de provecho para el pueblo». Sin desvelar su propuesta, podemos decir que Swift hace...
Book cover of I viaggi di Gulliver
by Jonathan Swift
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 4, 2015

Uno dei libri più celebri della storia, e più celebrati e richiamati dalle moderne forme di comunicazione audiovisiva, tra cui non soltanto cinema e televisione ma anche pittura e arte contemporanea, fu pubblicato nel 1726. Anonimo. E riscosse un enorme successo. La sua stesura richiese diversi...
Book cover of Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003

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. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish...
Book cover of Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift, Claude Rawson, Ian Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2008

'Thus, gentle Reader, I have given thee a faithful History of my Travels for Sixteen Years, and above Seven Months; wherein I have not been so studious of Ornament as of Truth.' In these words Gulliver represents himself as a reliable reporter of the fantastic adventures he has just set down; but...
Book cover of Gulliver's Travels (Illustrated)

Gulliver's Travels (Illustrated)

Into Several Remote Regions of the World

by Jonathan Swift
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2015

A satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary genre, this is widely considered Swift's greatest work as well as one of the indisputable classics of English literature.
Book cover of Directions to Servants
by Jonathan Swift
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017

Swift is writing ostensibly to servants, telling them how to dupe their masters but in doing so he satarises the masters themselves and gives a rare insight into the lives of the dependent classes.
Book cover of Classic Starts®: Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift, Martin Woodside, Arthur Pober
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010

Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swift’s unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined. Visit four strange and remarkable lands: Lilliput, where Gulliver seems a giant among a race of tiny people; Brobdingnag, the opposite, where the natives are giants and Gulliver puny;...
Book cover of I viaggi di Gulliver
by Jonathan Swift
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 20, 2012

Il capolavoro di Swift I viaggi di Gulliver è un romanzo satirico in cui la critica al sistema politico si allarga a comprendere l’umanità intera. Scritto con semplicità ma al tempo stesso acuto e fantasioso, il romanzo è diventato un classico della letteratura per l’infanzia, prestandosi...
Book cover of Modeste proposition pour empêcher les enfants des pauvres d'être à la charge de leurs parents ou de leur pays et pour les rendre utiles au public
by Jonathan Swift
Language: French
Release Date: January 16, 2014

Swift, plus connu pour ses aventures de Gulliver, livre ici un essai court et humoristique sur la misère qui sévissait en Irlande au XVIIème siècle.
Book cover of les voyages de gulliver
by jonathan swift
Language: French
Release Date: November 11, 2016

Célèbre ouvrage de Swift, publié en 1726, les Voyages de Gulliver est un roman divisé en quatre parties, dont on lit principalement les deux premières : ce sont les voyages dans l'empire de Lilliput et dans le royaume de Brobdingnag. L'auteur disait dans une lettre qu'il adressait à Pope, un an avant l'impression de son livre :  
Book cover of Modeste proposition pour empêcher les enfants des pauvres d'être à la charge de leurs parents ou
by Jonathan Swift
Language: French
Release Date: January 18, 2006

Dans sa Modeste Proposition, il note à propos de la « viande de bébé » : « J'admets qu'il s'agit d'un comestible assez cher, et c'est pourquoi je le destine aux propriétaires terriens : ayant sucé la moelle des pères, ils semblent les plus qualifiés pour manger la chair des fils. » Avec...
Book cover of Voyage à Lilliput
by Jonathan Swift
Language: French
Release Date: January 16, 2013

Edition enrichie (préface, notes, chronologie, bibliographie) La première vision que nous avons de Lilliput nous parvient à travers le corps de Gulliver, fixé au sol par de nombreuses ligatures, parcouru de drôles de créatures et percé par de bien désagréables fléchettes. Gulliver...
Book cover of Les Voyages de Gulliver
by Jonathan Swift
Language: French
Release Date: August 29, 2018

Qui ne connaît pas les voyages de Gulliver aux pays des hommes minuscules - Lilliput - au pays des géants - Brobdingnag - à l'île volante de Laputa ou au pays des chevaux intelligents - les Houyhnhnms. Au delà de la poésie et de la beauté de l'imaginaire, Swift nous propose une réflexion profonde, mais pessimiste, sur la société et la politique de son temps.
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