A Tale of a Tub
Swift takes on hypocritical Christians in his controversial novel told through the eyes of three grieving brothers: Peter, Jack and Martin. Each have inherited coats from their deceased father. He had hoped they would hold onto the coats forever but the boys meet three women named Money, Pride...
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Swift takes on hypocritical Christians in his controversial novel told through the eyes of three grieving brothers: Peter, Jack and Martin. Each have inherited coats from their deceased father. He had hoped they would hold onto the coats forever but the boys meet three women named Money, Pride and Ambition.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781490961842 (1490961844)
ASIN: 1490961844
Publish date: 2013-07-10
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Comedy,
Literature,
Cultural,
Classic Literature,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Ireland,
18th Century
I first came in contact with Swift's Modest Proposal in school where we read certain passages. I was immediately smitten with the nice way in which he wrote his satire. It is so businesslike that it is almost hard at first glance not to agree with his arguments and business strategy. That is, of cou...
Satirical musings upon the state of Ireland in the 18th Century, wherein the author of Gulliver's Travels tries to provide ways in which the country could provide for itself in an unusual manner...A mixture of satirical and semi-realistic essays with some poetry thrown in, A Modest Proposal illumina...
Funny, but not funny like "haha", funny like "yikes".
I think I mentioned before that satire and parody aren't my favourite genres. I try to be fair when rating these books and to take into consideration the effect the books had or must have had when they were published.This book was VERY hard for me to read. It was my second book by Jonathan Swift. My...
Reading this was like reading an article in The Onion... If The Onion was published in 1729 and less light-hearted. The essay was very well thought out and Swift was able to hit on quite a few serious issues.
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