A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works (Dover Thrift Editions)

Jonathan Swift

ISBN 10: 0486287599 / ISBN 13: 9780486287591

Verlag: Dover Publications, 1996

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Titel: A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works ...

Verlag: Dover Publications

Erscheinungsdatum: 1996

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 46822899

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Treasury of 5 shorter works by the author of Gulliver's Travels offers ample evidence of the great satirist's inspired lampoonery. Title piece plus The Battle of the Books, A Meditation Upon a Broom-Stick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit and The Abolishing of Christianity in England.

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Born in Dublin, Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) studied at Trinity College and was eventually ordained as a priest. Most of his books were first published anonymously or under a pseudonym, including Gulliver's Travels, his most famous work.