Jonathan Swift - Libros y biografía

In ancient times, as story tells, The saints would often leave their cells, And stroll about, but hide their quality, To try good people’s hospitality. It happened on a winter night, As authors of the...

The history of the publication of the Journal to Stella is somewhat curious. On Swift’s death twenty-five of the letters, forming the closing portion of the series, fell into the hands of Dr. Lyon, a...

"Gulliver's Travels" is a satire by Anglo-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...

Gulliver — personagem de fábula que salta da imaginação e da pena do seu inventor Jonathan Swift — conta-nos minuciosamente as espantosas aventuras que lhe vão acontecendo quando, através de um mundo...

- Diese Ausgabe ist einzigartig; - Die Übersetzung ist vollständig original und wurde für das Ale. Mar. SAS; - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Gullivers Reisen von Jonathan Swift wurde erstmals 1726 veröffentlicht....

- Cette édition est unique; - La traduction est entièrement originale et a été réalisée pour l'Ale. Mar. SAS; - Tous droits réservés. Les Voyages de Gulliver de Jonathan Swift ont été publiés pour la...

Aqui, encontra-se o mundo. Gulliver, um inocente médico inglês, transforma-se num intrépido viajante. Naufragando em paragens desconhecidas, descobre civilizações fantásticas, excêntricas, mas também...

A primeira grande obra de Jonathan Swift é também a sua sátira mais difícil e magistral: A Fábula de Um Barril. A partir da história de três irmãos desobedientes e desordeiros, a quem o pai deixa um testamento,...

The wits of the present age being so very numerous and penetrating, it seems the grandees of Church and State begin to fall under horrible apprehensions lest these gentlemen, during the intervals of a...

The history of the publication of the Journal to Stella is somewhat curious. On Swift's death twenty-five of the letters, forming the closing portion of the series, fell into the hands of Dr. Lyon, a...

In ancient times, as story tells, The saints would often leave their cells, And stroll about, but hide their quality, To try good people's hospitality. It happened on a winter night, As authors of the...

The book begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver, in the style of books of the time, gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages. He enjoys travelling, although it is...

"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical masterpiece that employs biting wit and irony to address the pressing issue of poverty and overpopulation in 18th-century Ireland. Swift's proposal,...

Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then...

Jonathan Swift conta as aventuras de Lemuel Gulliver, um cirurgião naval que é vítima das circunstâncias em terras estranhas. A história tem início com uma longa carta enviada por Gulliver ao seu primo...

Este é o primeiro volume da coleção Pequenos Frascos, a qual apresenta pequenos textos, menos conhecidos - e, de certa forma, "marginais" - de autores consagrados nas mais diversas áreas. Neste volume...

«  Mon intention n’est pas de m’en tenir aux seuls enfants des mendiants avérés  ; mon projet […] se propose d’englober tous les enfants d’un âge donné dont les parents sont en vérité aussi incapables...

" Ne venez jamais si vous n'avez été appelé trois ou quatre fois, car il n'y a que les chiens qui viennent au premier coup de sifflet ; et quand le maître crie : Qui est là ? aucun domestique n'est tenu...

In a time when poor Irish families struggled to feed their children, Jonathan Swift wrote an essay, which he published anonymously, making a few suggestions. He called it `A Modest Proposal‘ (1729) or...

De fantasierijke roman van de Ierse schrijver Jonathan Swift over de avontuurlijke reizen van scheepsarts Lemuel Gulliver naar de verste delen van de wereld is al zo'n 300 jaar een klassieker en een groots...

Quando Lemuel Gulliver si sveglia su un'isola dopo un naufragio, con mani e piedi legati e tante frecce puntate su di lui, penseresti che ogni speranza è perduta. Ma i rapitori sono alti un dito, la corda...

Quando Lemuel Gulliver si sveglia su un'isola dopo un naufragio, con mani e piedi legati e tante frecce puntate su di lui, penseresti che ogni speranza è perduta. Ma i rapitori sono alti un dito, la corda...

« Bien que l’on prétende souvent que justice punit et récompense, aucune nation, à ma connaissance, n’a jamais appliqué ce proverbe à la lettre, sauf celle de Lilliput. » Quand il échoue sur l’île de...

In the enigmatic realm of On A Shadow In A Glass, Jonathan Swift weaves a tapestry of satire and social commentary. This unabridged edition invites readers to delve into a world where shadows dance and...

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a wild series of adventures widely acclaimed as "universally read" and highly influential. After a shipwreck, an Englishman discovers new, strange lands, and learns...

In the bustling metropolis, where towering structures cast long shadows upon the teeming streets below, a sudden downpour transforms the urban landscape into a watery spectacle. Jonathan Swift's "A Description...

When Lemuel Gulliver wakes up on an island after a shipwreck, tied on his hands and feet and with arrows pointed at him, you would think all hope is lost. But his captors are the size of a finger, their...

Jonathan Swift's 'A Tale of a Tub' is a satirical work that critiques various aspects of the society and politics of its time. Written in a witty and ironic style, the book uses allegory and metaphor...

Jonathan Swift's 'The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers' is a satirical work that parodies the popular almanac genre of the early 18th century. Written in the form of a series of letters and predictions, Swift...

A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift - To ease poverty in Ireland by eating the children of the poor was the satirical 'solution' suggested by Jonathan Swift in his essay 'A Modest Proposal' (1729). Here...