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Published anonymously in 1704, this prose satire by the author of Gulliver's Travels presents a story of three brothers, each symbolizing a Christian sect, and an unrelated series of digressions. The "tale" portion centers on Peter, Martin, and Jack, who respectively represent... Read Full Overview

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 the English. Composed between 1694 and 1697, it was... Read Full Overview

Jonathan Swift fires his broadside with a parable: when sailors meet a whale, they fling out an empty tub to keep it busy. In Swift's hands, that "tub" becomes this book-a decoy tossed to distract Leviathan while it slyly examines credulity, fashion, and power.

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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 the English. Composed between 1694 and 1697, it was... Read Full Overview

From the author responsible for the satirical work of genius, A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub is an allegorical work that follows three brothers after the event of their father's death. When their father, who meant to be God, dies, the three... Read Full Overview

Cuento de una barrica ("A Tale of a Tub"), tambi n conocida como Historia de una barrica o Cuento de un tonel, es la primera obra mayor de Jonathan Swift, compuesta entre 1694 y 1697, y publicada en 1704. Se trata de su s tira m s dif cil y probablemente la mejor. La historia... Read Full Overview

This edition of A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift is given by Golden - Million Book Edition

This volume includes "The Battle of the Books" and "The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit", both which accompanied "A Tale of a Tub" on its first publication in 1704.

Swift's allegorical satire about religion and politics follows the lives of three brothers, Martin, Peter and Jack, who each represent a faction of the Christian faith--Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and the Dissenting faiths respectively. Each brother inherits a coat (representing... Read Full Overview

A Tale of a Tub Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind 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 the... Read Full Overview

This vintage book contains Jonathan Swift's 1704 satire, "A Tale of a Tub". The first major work that he wrote, it is a prose parody about two brothers who are each representative of the chief aspects of western Christianity. It mainly deals with the ideas of religious enthusiasm,... Read Full Overview

Whoever has an ambition to be heard in a crowd must press, and squeeze, and thrust, and climb with indefatigable pains, till he has exalted himself to a certain degree of altitude above them. Now, in all assemblies, though you wedge them ever so close, we may observe this peculiar... Read Full Overview

"A Tale of a Tub" from Jonathan Swift. Anglo-irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (1667-1745).

This edition of A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift is given by Golden - Million Book Edition

A Tale of a Tub was written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. It 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... Read Full Overview

Delve into the intimate world of Jonathan Swift through "The Works Of The Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift: Letters To And From Several Eminent Persons, From The Year 1703, To 1743." This carefully curated collection offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of history's most... Read Full Overview

Title: A Tale of a Tub ... To which is added, An Account of a Battel between the antient and modern Books in St. James's Library By J. Swift] ... The fifth edition: with the author's apology and explanatory notes. By W. W-tt-n (Wotton) and others. With plates.] Publisher: British... Read Full Overview

M rchen von der Tonne is a German translation of Jonathan Swift's satirical work, "A Tale of a Tub." This early 18th-century satire, presented as a story within a story, critiques religious and intellectual excesses, particularly targeting the Catholic and Presbyterian... Read Full Overview