Gullivers Reisen wurde 1726 von Jonathan Swift, einem englisch-irischen Geistlichen und Schriftsteller zunächst anonym veröffentlicht. Das Buch ist heute ein Klassiker der Jugendliteratur und eines der meistgelesenen Bücher der Welt.

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"A modest proposal" or "A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor  people from being a burthen to their parents or country, and for making them  beneficial to the public" is a satire (or a satirical essay) written by Jonathan  Swift in 1729. In this essay, Swift suggests fighting poverty, hunger, and  disenfranchisement in Ireland by having the poor families sell their new born  babies as food items to the rich. If one is surprised by the outlandishness of  the proposal today, one can imagine what the early Eighteenth century reader  might have thought. This was a powerful way for Swift to protest against the  treatment of Ireland, especially in the last hundred years preceding the writing  of this essay (read our preface); but maybe to some, it did not seem such a bad  idea after all? Discover A modest proposal with its original preface and  biography in this new edition by Les Éditions de Londres.

A Modest Proposal

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 eventually published in 1704.

(from wikipedia.org)

A tale of a tub - and the history of Martin

Dans sa Modeste Proposition, il note à propos de la « viande de bébé » : « J'admets qu'il s'agit d'un comestible assez cher, et c'est pourquoi je le destine aux propriétaires terriens : ayant sucé la moelle des pères, ils semblent les plus qualifiés pour manger la chair des fils. » Avec la même ironie du désespoir, Swift propose, dans son Projet d'attribution d'insignes distinctifs aux mendiants de différentes paroisses de Dublin de « rationnaliser » ta mendicité...

Modeste proposition pour empecher les enfants des pauvres d'etre a la charge de leurs parents ou - d

"Tout le monde désire vivre longtemps, mais personne ne voudrait être vieux."
Swift
« Swift est un nom bien porté. C'est le bruit soyeux des skis sur la pente vertigineuse, leur dérapage contrôlé avec gerbe de neige fusant dans le virage, coiffant la galerie des badauds. C'est le satin déchiré glissant à terre, révélant le corps nu de la vérité. C'est la baudruche crevée de la Théorie régnante qui monte en zigzags, en chiffe molle, dans le ciel des idées mortes... swift... »
Éric Chevillard

Résolutions pour l'époque où je deviendrai vieux

Gulliver est une figure légendaire. Le mot "Lilliputiens" est devenu un nom commun. Classique parmi les classiques, ce livre est un roman de genre : un héros embarqué sur un navire qui fait naufrage échoue sur une île... Dès lors, tout est possible, surtout les choses les plus extraordinaires. C'est une fabuleuse occasion pour un écrivain de déployer tous les trésors de son imagination, et Jonathan Swift n'en manque pas. Dans la première partie, son héros se retrouve prisonnier d'un peuple minuscule. Après avoir vécu moult péripéties, il rentre chez lui, mais le démon de l'aventure le pousse à repartir. Comme les naufrages étaient nombreux à l'époque (on est à l'aube du XVIIIe siècle), le voilà derechef poussé par les flots vers un autre pays surprenant. Mais, cette fois, c'est lui qui est nain parmi des géants.

Les voyages de Gulliver

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Benefits of Farting Explained + A Modest Proposal" contains 2 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
The Benefits of Farting Explained by Jonathan Swift was published in pamphlet form in 1722. What is the nature, essence and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting considered to be a taboo? Swift's The Benefit of Farting argues eloquently, in a forceful and a posteriori fashion, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fairer sex are due to flatulence not adequately vented. To complete the excursus into this venerable and age-old human activity, Charles James Fox's Essay upon Wind provides a detailed analysis, classification and history of farting, peppered with wit and curious anecdotes about particularly eminent farts of the past.
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in general. 
Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) was an Anglo-Irish poet, writer and cleric who gained reputation as a great political writer and an essayist. Jonathan, who became Dean of St. Patrick's in Dublin, is also known for his excellence in satire. His most remembered works include Gulliver's Travels, A modest Proposal, An Argument against Abolishing Christianity and A Tale of a Tub.

The Benefits of Farting Explained + A Modest Proposal

The wits of the present age being so very numerous and penetrating, it seems the grandees of Church and State begin to fall under horrible apprehensions lest these gentlemen, during the intervals of a long peace, should find leisure to pick holes in the weak sides of religion and government. To prevent which, there has been much thought employed of late upon certain projects for taking off the force and edge of those formidable inquirers from canvassing and reasoning upon such delicate points. They have at length fixed upon one, which will require some time as well as cost to perfect. Meanwhile, the danger hourly increasing, by new levies of wits, all appointed (as there is reason to fear) with pen, ink, and paper, which may at an hour's warning be drawn out into pamphlets and other offensive weapons ready for immediate execution, it was judged of absolute necessity that some present expedient be thought on till the main design can be brought to maturity. To this end, at a grand committee, some days ago, this important discovery was made by a certain curious and refined observer, that seamen have a custom when they meet a Whale to fling him out an empty Tub, by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the Ship. This parable was immediately mythologised; the Whale was interpreted to be Hobbes's "Leviathan, " which tosses and plays with all other schemes of religion and government, whereof a great many are hollow, and dry, and empty, and noisy, and wooden, and given to rotation. This is the Leviathan from whence the terrible wits of our age are said to borrow their weapons.

A Tale of a Tub

Cris du marché, poèmes-graffitis gravés sur les vitres des auberges, ironie mordante, ronchonnements amusés et mauvaise foi, mais aussi attention extrême à ce qui fait l'épaisseur du monde, la poésie de Swift, toujours malicieuse et jubilatoire, est protéiforme. Langue verte, langue vive, souci de la musique des mots et de la vision qui touche. Ce recueil, semblable à une promenade par les rues de la ville ou les chemins de la campagne, est souvent porteur d'une très discrète tendresse. Il comprend en outre les deux grands poèmes lyriques, de grand souffle et grande modernité que sont Description d'un orage sur la ville et Description du matin. Cette édition bilingue reprend, avec quelques modifications de la traduction et en y ajoutant quelques poèmes, celle donnée par les Editions de l'Arbre en 2008. Traduction : Emmanuel Malherbet "C'est sûr, l'église et le clergé d'ici Sont de bien proches parents Tous deux loin des intempéries Et tous deux vides en dedans".

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