contient:  - Dernier discours et suprêmes paroles d'Ebénezer Elliston (1722) - Modeste proposition concernant les enfants des classes pauvres (1729) - Un schéma intéressant et pratique pour l'aménagement d'un hôpital pour incurables (1733) - Projet de distribution d'insignes distinctifs aux mendiants de différentes paroisses de Dublin (1737)

Modeste proposition et autres textes

Gulliver's Travels, first published in 1726, is Jonathan Swift's best known full-length work, and is both a parody of the "travellers' tales" popular at the time and a satire on human nature. Throughout the four stories, ship's surgeon Gulliver travels to distant lands, meets strange new peoples like the diminutive Lilliputians and the gigantic Brobdingnags, defends his ship from a pirate attack, and is marooned on a deserted island. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Gulliver's Travels

"Ne pas épouser une jeune femme. Ne pas rechercher la compagnie des jeunes à moins qu'ils ne le désirent réellement. Ne pas être acariâtre, morose ou soupçonneux. Ne pas parler beaucoup ni surtout de moi-même. Ne pas vouloir passer pour un homme qui observe toutes ces règles, de peur de n'en observer aucune". Des formules emplies d'une sagesse légère aux tours pascaliens, inscrites dans une profonde réflexion centrée sur l'homme, sa folie, sa sottise, sa misère.

Résolutions pour quand je vieillirai et autres pensées sur divers sujets

The history of the publication of the Journal to Stella is somewhat curious. On Swift's death twenty-five of the letters, forming the closing portion of the series, fell into the hands of Dr. Lyon, a clergyman who had been in charge of Swift for some years. The letters passed to a man named Wilkes, who sold them for publication. They accordingly appeared in 1766 in the tenth volume of Dr. Hawkesworth's quarto edition of Swift's works; but the editor made many changes in the text, including a suppression of most of the "little language." The publishers, however, fortunately for us, were public-spirited enough to give the manuscripts (with one exception) to the British Museum, where, after many years, they were examined by John Forster, who printed in his unfinished Life of Swift numerous passages from the originals, showing the manner in which the text had been tampered with by Hawkesworth. Swift himself, too, in his later years, obliterated many words and sentences in the letters, and Forster was able to restore not a few of these omissions. His zeal, however, sometimes led him to make guesses at words which are quite undecipherable.

The Journal to Stella

Albert Robida, né à Compiègne le 14 mai 1848 et mort à Neuilly-sur-Seine le 11 octobre 1926, était un dessinateur, lithographe, aquafortiste, caricaturiste et romancier.
Pendant près d'un demi-siècle, de La Tour enchantée (1880) aux Mésaventures de Jean-Paul Choppart (1926), Albert Robida a consacré à l'enfance et à la jeunesse une part importante de ses talents de dessinateur et d'écrivain : soixante et onze titres écrits et/ou illustrés, soit près d'un tiers de sa production, sans compter les magazines auxquels il a donné couvertures et dessins. L'ensemble offre une grande diversité d'inspirations : le fantastique et l'anticipation, le roman historique, les histoires amusantes ou rocambolesques, thèmes de prédilection de Robida, dominent dans les vingt-deux ouvrages dont il est l'auteur ; dans les livres qu'il a seulement illustrés, on trouve des contes et légendes, des classiques de la littérature picaresque et des romans d'aventures.
L'éditeur Henri Laurens, avec sa collection des « Chefs-d'oeuvre à l'usage de la jeunesse » s'appuie sur des textes confirmés de la littérature universelle pour promouvoir l'oeuvre des meilleurs illustrateurs de son temps. Les Voyages de Gulliver illustrés par Robida figurent parmi les premiers titres de cette collection, et accordent en effet toute la vedette à l'artiste dont les multiples vignettes et les luxueuses gravures en couleurs irriguent généreusement le texte. L'illustrateur y privilégie les facettes comique et fantastique du roman, suivant en cela ses propres inclinations, mais aussi les voeux de l'éditeur qui souhaite offrir aux enfants un livre « de pur amusement », excluant la puissante et amère satire de Swift.

Voyages de Gulliver ; illustrée par A.Robida

In the strange countries of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and the land of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver meets some extraordinary people and remarkable creatures. From a race of miniature folk to some surprisingly gentle giants and wise horses, Gulliver sees society from many different perspectives. Back in England life seems very ordinary after all his experiences, but Gulliver's fantastic adventures change his views on human behaviour forever.

Gulliver's travels

« Bien que l'on prétende souvent que justice punit et récompense, aucune nation, à ma connaissance, n'a jamais appliqué ce proverbe à la lettre, sauf celle de Lilliput. » 

Quand il échoue sur l'île de Lilliput, Gulliver apparaît comme un géant au milieu d'êtres aussi minuscules que hautement civilisés. À la terreur et la stupeur succèdent une intelligence mutuelle et une entraide qui motivent la longue escale du héros. Mais, bientôt, la situation se gâte... 

Un conte corrosif, derrière lequel se cache une critique virulente de la cour d'Angleterre, dont le succès fut immédiat et ne se démentit jamais par la suite.

Le voyage à Lilliput

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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.

Modeste proposition et autres textes

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