A Tale of a TubThe Floating Press, 2009 M12 1 - 220 pages Jump into Jonathan Swift's take-no-prisoners parody of seventeenth-century Christianity. Equal parts uproarious humor and incisive satire, A Tale of a Tub dissects the foibles and shortcomings of three brothers, each of whom represents a different branch of the Christian religion. Swift, himself a clergyman, sealed his reputation as one of England's most ruthless -- and notorious -- satirists with the book's publication. It's a thought-provoking and rollicking read whether you're a believer or a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic. |
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... Reader The Epistle Dedicatory to His Royal Highness Prince Posterity The Preface Section I - The Introduction Section II Section III - A Digression Concerning Critics Section IV- A Tale ofa Tub Section V- A Digression in the Modern Kind ...
... Reader The Epistle Dedicatory to His Royal Highness Prince Posterity The Preface Section I - The Introduction Section II Section III - A Digression Concerning Critics Section IV- A Tale ofa Tub Section V- A Digression in the Modern Kind ...
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... to pardon this, especially when it is offered by one who is, with all respect and veneration, My LORD, Your Lordship's most obedient and most faithful Servant, THE BOOKSELLER. The Bookseller to the Reader It is now six years 12.
... to pardon this, especially when it is offered by one who is, with all respect and veneration, My LORD, Your Lordship's most obedient and most faithful Servant, THE BOOKSELLER. The Bookseller to the Reader It is now six years 12.
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Jonathan Swift. The. Bookseller. to. the. Reader. It is now six years since these papers came first to my hand, which seems to have been about a twelvemonth after they were written, for the Author tells us in his preface to the first ...
Jonathan Swift. The. Bookseller. to. the. Reader. It is now six years since these papers came first to my hand, which seems to have been about a twelvemonth after they were written, for the Author tells us in his preface to the first ...
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... readers and booksellers, but I inquired in vain; the memorial of them was lost among men, their place was no more to be found; and I was laughed to scorn for a clown and a pedant, devoid of all taste and refinement, little versed in the ...
... readers and booksellers, but I inquired in vain; the memorial of them was lost among men, their place was no more to be found; and I was laughed to scorn for a clown and a pedant, devoid of all taste and refinement, little versed in the ...
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... some months to employ those unquiet spirits till the perfecting of that great work, into the secret of which it is reasonable the courteous reader should have some little light. It is intended that a large Academy be erected, 25.
... some months to employ those unquiet spirits till the perfecting of that great work, into the secret of which it is reasonable the courteous reader should have some little light. It is intended that a large Academy be erected, 25.
Contents
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Section II | 56 |
Section III A Digression Concerning Critics | 72 |
Section VIII A Tale of a Tub | 129 |
Section IX A Digression Concerning the Original the Use and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth | 139 |
Section X A Farther Digression | 158 |
Section XI A Tale of a Tub | 166 |
The Conclusion | 184 |
The History of Martin | 190 |
A Digression on the Nature Usefulness and Necessity of Wars and Quarrels | 197 |
The History of Martin Continued | 200 |
Section IV A Tale of a Tub | 86 |
Section V A Digression in the Modern Kind | 102 |
Section VI A Tale of a Tub | 111 |
Section VII A Digression in Praise of Digressions | 121 |
A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind | 203 |
Endnotes | 207 |
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