Jonathan Swift

Travelers visit many strange places. They see very many wonderful things. When they return home they tell wonderful stories about what they have seen....

Zwei Monate nach seiner Rückkehr nach England zieht es Gulliver erneut zur See. Er fährt mit einem Schiff unter dem Kommando von Kapitän John Nicholas zum Kap der Guten Hoffnung und durch die Meerenge von Madagaskar, gerät aber dann in einen gewaltigen Monsun und stößt auf ein unbekanntes Land.

Gulliver nimmt eine Tätigkeit auf einem Schiff an und arbeitet bald darauf als Wundarzt auf dem Schiff. Dieses aber gerät in einen Sturm. Gulliver sucht mit fünf anderen Besatzungsmitgliedern Schutz in einem Ruderboot, das jedoch kentert.

Nachdem Gulliver fünf Monate zu Hause gewesen ist, zieht es ihn erneut aufs Meer, diesmal als Kapitän eines Schiffes. Auf See aber kommt es zur Meuterei, und Gulliver wird von den Meuterern an einem unbekannten Strand ausgesetzt.

Ein bescheidener Vorschlag im Sinne von Nationalökonomen, wie Kinder armer Leute zum Wohle des Staates am besten benutzt werden können.: Bekannte Satire Swifts, der darin vorschlägt, irische Kinder als Nahrungsmittel zu nutzen.

Swift's allegorical satire about religion and politics follows the lives of three brothers, Martin, Peter, and Jack, each of who represents a faction of the Christian faith....

Wickedly narrated by David Stifel, and written in 1729, this satiric essay on how to solve Ireland's chronic poverty is perhaps more shocking today than when it was written....

What starts with young Jim Hawkins meeting a beggar and ends in a climactic battle between him and one of the most infamous villains in literature — Long John Silver — has long been revered as the ultimate pirate adventure story....

Andrew Sachs reads Jonathan Swift's humorous and unforgettable tale of a strange man in some very strange lands....

The 18th Century Classics Collection steps into the vibrant and tumultuous world of 18th century Europe. With this captivating anthology of some of the most influential works of 1700s literature, we encounter biting satire, passionate romance, and political tumultuousness.

A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729....

Lemuel Gulliver, a slightly staid ship’s doctor, relates the tales of his astonishing travels....

Jonathan Swift's classic novel about the loveable Lemuel Gulliver is one that is taught in high schools around the country, and for good reason....

The streets of eighteenth-century Dublin were rife with an appalling level of poverty. Desperate mothers regularly begged for alms to feed their children, and although passersby might have occasionally contributed a few coins, no large-scale remedy had proved remotely practical or effective. But...

Here, in this unusual collection, are some of the greatest essays in Western literature. Witty, informative and imaginative....

LOS VIAJES DE GULLIVER: Swift nos embarca en las asombrosas aventuras de Lemuel Gulliver, un cirujano de barco convertido en explorador, cuyos viajes lo llevan a tierras desconocidas habitadas por seres extraordinarios. Desde los diminutos habitantes de Lilliput hasta los gigantes de Brobdingnag...

Dive into Jonathan Swift’s sharp satire in A Modest Proposal, one of literature’s most famous works of dark humor and social criticism. Written in 1729, Swift offers a shocking "solution" to the poverty and famine affecting Ireland, proposing the unthinkable with a calm, calculated rationale...

Lemuel Gulliver sets out on a series of travels, but each time he finds himself shipwrecked in new and unfamiliar lands....

The Irish are known the world over as friendly and engaging talkers with a word here and a few words there to each and every soul they meet. Their poets dazzle with talent and verse that few other nations dare compete with. What follows demonstrates why.

Set and written in 1726, this is a marvelously imaginative tale of the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver....