Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)
Authors
Swift, Jonathan
Publisher
Delphi Classics
Tags
classics
Date
2013-01-19T00:00:00+00:00
Size
12.62 MB
Lang
en
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Jonathan Swift, the essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric, is widely regarded as the foremost prose satirist of the English language, whose satirical novel ‘Gulliver's Travels’ remains one of the most enduring classics of English literature. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Jonathan Swift, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Swift's life and works

Concise introductions to the satires and other works

Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

Excellent formatting of the texts

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS is illustrated with contemporary illustrations

Provides both the adapted 1726 and the authoritative 1735 versions of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

Rare satires appearing for the first time in digital print

An exhaustive offering of political, religious and journalism works

Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry

Easily locate the poems you want to read

Includes Swift's letters to ‘Stella’ - spend hours exploring the author’s personal correspondence

Features two biographies - discover Swift's literary life

Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

Please note: some obscure poems cannot appear in this eBook, being the result of more recent scholarship and so protected by copyright. Once these works enter the public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.

CONTENTS:

The Satires

A TALE OF A TUB

THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

THE BICKERSTAFF-PARTRIDGE PAPERS

THE SWEARER’S BANK

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, 1726

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, 1735

A MODEST PROPOSAL

AN EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN ABUSES

A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF GENTEEL AND INGENIOUS CONVERSATION

DIRECTIONS TO SERVANTS

MINOR SATIRES

The Sermons

THREE SERMONS

BROTHERLY LOVE AND OTHER SERMONS

Other Religious Works

LIST OF RELIGIOUS WORKS

The Political Works

DRAPIER’S LETTERS

LIST OF POLITICAL WORKS

The Historical Works

THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN

AN ABSTRACT OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND

REMARKS ON THE CHARACTERS OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE

REMARKS ON LORD CLARENDON’S “HISTORY OF THE REBELLION”

REMARKS ON BISHOP BURNET’S “HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME”

NOTES ON THE “FREEHOLDER”

The Journalism

CONTRIBUTIONS TO ‘THE TATLER’

CONTRIBUTIONS TO ‘THE EXAMINER’

CONTRIBUTION TO ‘THE SPECTATOR’

CONTRIBUTIONS TO ‘THE INTELLIGENCER’

The Poetry Collection

THE POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT

The Poems

LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Memoir

A JOURNAL TO STELLA

The Biographies

SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DR. JONATHAN SWIFT by R. Phillips

DEAN SWIFT by James McGee