Jonathan Swift - Books and biography

Indeed I must confess, that as to the people of Lilliput, Brobdingrag (for so the word should have been spelt, and not erroneously Brobdingnag), and Laputa, I have never yet heard of any Yahoo so presumptuous...

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...

"Tout le monde désire vivre longtemps, mais personne ne voudrait être vieux." Swift « Swift est un nom bien porté. C’est le bruit soyeux des skis sur la pente vertigineuse, leur dérapage contrôlé avec...

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...

The misadventures of Lemuel Gulliver certainly are extraordinary. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag,...

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...

«  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...

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...

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...

The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Jonathan Swift - The Battle of the Books is the name of a short satire written by Jonathan Swift which depicts a literal battle between books in the King's...

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, Surgeon, and Captain of Several Ships, commonly known as Gulliver's Travels, is a prose satire by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan...

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...

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...

Gulliver's Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city, he is able to view their society...