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HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. 'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little, odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.' S
'... a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...' Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a famine Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and
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 Ope
'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
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 the morals and ethics of English. Composed between 169
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 rope is as thin as thread, and their tiny arrows bar
The Penguin English Library Edition of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half
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Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is acco
The Penguin Classics edition of Jonathan Swift's savagely satirical A Modest Proposal and Other Writings is edited with an introduction and notes by Carol Fabricant. To ease poverty in Ireland by eating the children of the poor was the satirical '
Uses the narrative of a mock travel writer to explore exotic and imaginary locations. This book mounts a scathing attack on the morals, politics and learning of the 18th century, culminating in possibly the greatest satire ever written: the story of the H
"Gulliver's Travels" berømte fortælling om den forliste Lemuel Gulliver, der skyller i land på øen Lilliput. Lilliput er beboet af et folkeslag af bittesmå mennesker, hvis højde gør at alle deres smålige problemer og skænderier virker dumme.
This Norton Critical Edition is the fullest single-volume collection of Jonathan Swift's writings, encompassing not only the major prose satires A Tale of the Tub , Gullivers Travels , and A Modest Proposal but also a large number of other works, incl
Do you want to read Gullivers Travels? If so then keep reading Broken into four parts, Gullivers Travels marks the progress of a gallant explorer as he sails into the unknown, visiting surreal worlds like Brobdingnag, a realm filled with gigantic men; Li
Gulliver tror først, at han drømmer, da han vågner i landet Lilliput. For at overleve må han lære at begå sig som en kæmpe blandt lilliputterne. Han kommer ud for mange eventyr og forunderlige oplevelser, også da han kommer til kæmpernes land. Så er det p
Jonathan Swift fortæller i den litterære klassiker, "Gullivers rejser", om den ufrivillige opdagelsesrejsende Lemuel Gulliver, der oplever lidt af hvert. Da Gulliver kommer i land efter hans skib er sunket, befinder han sig hurtigt i nye problem