Jonathan, Swift - Libros y biografía

Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal is one of the earliest and most seminal satirical essays written in English. Having as an original title "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People...

I viaggi di Gulliver o Viaggi di Gulliver in vari paesi lontani del mondo è un romanzo che coniuga fantasia e satira in un'allegoria dell'Inghilterra e della Francia settecentesca nonché nell'animo umano,...

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 a Captain of several Ships, is a novel...

Au cours d’un voyage en mer, Gulliver fait naufrage sur l’île de Lilliput, où vivent des hommes hauts de six pouces. Géant parmi ces êtres minuscules, il apprend leurs coutumes, sauve leur palais des...

Resoconto di viaggi presso strani popoli, scritto sulla scia del resoconto di viaggiavventurosi dopo lo straordinario successo del Robinson Crusoe.

Der englische Schiffsarzt Lemuel Gulliver bereist in »Gullivers Reisen« weite Expeditionen in verschiedene Erdteile und erlebt dabei spannende Abenteuer. Bei seinen Begegnungen mit Riesen und Zwergen...

A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, arguably his most difficult satire and perhaps his most masterly. The Tale is a prose parody divided into sections each delving into...

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...

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...

Dr. Johnson, in his "Life of Swift," after citing with approval Delany's character of him, as he describes him to Lord Orrery, proceeds to say: "In the poetical works there is not much upon which the...

Illustrated Edition: Includes 20 captivating illustrations, bringing the fantastical world of Gulliver’s adventures to vivid life. Includes Summary: A concise, engaging summary of the novel for a quick...

"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...

Au cours de son quatrième et dernier voyage, Gulliver débarque sur une terre inconnue et fait la connaissance de ses habitants, de splendides chevaux dotés d’une sagesse et d’une intelligence exceptionnelles....

Peter, Martin and Jack are three brothers who inherit three coats form their father. The last wish of their father is that they must never sell or alter their coats. In their early age the three boys...

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...

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...

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...

By turns a children's fantasy and a social satire for adults, Gulliver's Travels is one of the most popular adventure tales of all time.Gulliver's Travels describes the four fantastic voyages of Lemuel...

Où l'on voit Lemuel Gulliver, chirurgien de marine, naviguer vers Bristol. Après un naufrage, il se retrouve sur l'île de Lilliput, dont les habitants, les Lilliputiens, ne mesurent qu'environ six pouces...

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,...

« 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...

Gulliver débarque, bien malgré lui sur l'île des Liliputiens. C'est un géant dans un monde de nains. Et si les nains ont peur de cette invasion, ils trouvent rapidement le moyen de se défendre. Puis,...

Gulliver débarque, bien malgré lui sur l'île des Liliputiens. C'est un géant dans un monde de nains. Et si les nains ont peur de cette invasion, ils trouvent rapidement le moyen de se défendre. Puis,...

For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick The book you are referring to is actually an essay...

Lemuel Gulliver, cirurgião de um navio naufragado, acorda um dia em Lilliput, onde o tamanho minúsculo dos habitantes lhe faz parecer absurdos todos os seus interesses e disputas. Uma segunda viagem leva-o...

«Gulliver's Travels» 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.

Des voyages fantastiques... Alors que sortira sur les écrans le 2 février 2011, le film de Rob Letterman Les Voyages de Gulliver, avec Jack Black et Emily Blunt nous proposons à cette occasion une...

Gulliver, an adventurous traveler, sails through the unknown waters of seas and oceans. A storm ruptures his ship and the sailor ends up unconscious on the shore of a mysterious country. Having woken...

Gulliver's Travels is a prose satire by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length...

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,...