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Jonathan Swift

Born

in Dublin, Ireland

November 30, 1667

Died

October 19, 1745

Genre

Fiction, Satire, Poetry

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Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclop忙dia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms鈥攕uch as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.B. Drapier鈥攐r anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.
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	Gulliver鈥檚 Travels 3.59 avg rating — 290,959 ratings — published 1726 — 830 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Modest Proposal 4.02 avg rating — 48,055 ratings — published 1729 — 540 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works 4.05 avg rating — 14,574 ratings — published 1729 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings 3.85 avg rating — 6,235 ratings — published 1962 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gulliver's Travels and ''A Modest Proposal'' 3.91 avg rating — 5,763 ratings — published 2005 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tale of a Tub 3.45 avg rating — 2,025 ratings — published 1704 — 286 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tale of a Tub and Other Works by Jonathan Swift, Angus Ross (Editor), David Woolley (Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 769 ratings — published 1704 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gullivers Travels to Lilliput and Brobdingnag 3.53 avg rating — 577 ratings — published 1726 — 146 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle of the Books 3.42 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 1697 — 143 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	袚褍谢谢懈胁械褉胁褋褌褉邪薪械谢懈谢懈锌褍褌芯胁 3.42 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 1726 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“May you live every day of your life.”
― Jonathan Swift

tags: inspirational, life, philosophy, wisdom

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“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.”
― Jonathan Swift

tags: imagination

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“When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."

[Thoughts on Various Subjects]”
― Jonathan Swift , Abolishing Christianity and Other Essays

tags: dunces, genius, stupidity

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