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Jonathan Swift

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born
in Dublin, Ireland
November 30, 1667

died
October 19, 1745

gender
male

genre
Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Poetry


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Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish cleric, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. Swift published all of his works under pseudonyms — such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.B. Drapier — or anonymously. He is also known for being a master of two styles of satire; the Horatian and...more


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Gulliver's Travels
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3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 84,330 ratings — published 1726 — 838 editions
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A Modest Proposal
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A Modest Proposal and Other...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 7,397 ratings — published 1729 — 17 editions
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Gulliver's Travels and Othe...
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 1,428 ratings — published 1726 — 18 editions
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Gulliver's Travels / A Mode...
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A Tale of a Tub
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 1704 — 47 editions
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A Tale of a Tub and Other W...
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Gullivers Travels to Lillip...
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Directions to Servants
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The Battle of the Books and...
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Quotes by Jonathan Swift

“May you live every day of your life.”
― Jonathan Swift
tags: inspirational, life, philosophy, wisdom
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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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“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.”
― Jonathan Swift
tags: imagination
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