Sign In | My Account | My Books

Jonathan Swift

Author

(1667 - 1745)

Image of Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.

He is remembered for works such as Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier’s Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, 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 originally published all of his works under pseudonyms – such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, MB Drapier – or anonymously. He is also known for being a master of two styles of satire: the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.



Bibliography

Best in Children’s Books Volume 8 (1958)

best in childrens books 8.jpg book cover

A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.

Author(s): Thornton W. Burgess
Charles Perrault
Jonathan Swift
Et al
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Leonard Weisgard
Et al

Details »

Gulliver’s Travels (1900)

Gullivers Travels swift rackham 1900.jpg book cover

A satirical look at human society through the lens of midgets, giants and horses. Read for free online at Google Books.

Author(s): Jonathan Swift
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Details »

Gulliver’s Travels (1909)

Gullivers Travels swift rackham 1909.jpg book cover

This edition of Dean Swift’s satirical survey of human society has more colored illustrations. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Jonathan Swift
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Details »

Gulliver’s Travels (1921)

gulliverstravelsrheadschoonover.jpg book cover

Lemuel Gulliver is shipwrecked in various strange countries, including those of the Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians and Houyhnhnms. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Jonathan Swift
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

Details »

Gulliver’s Travels (1964)

gullivers travels swift baynes.jpg book cover

Captain Lemuel Gulliver travels to various strange lands from the Lilliputian to the Brobdingnagnian.

Author(s): Jonathan Swift
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Details »

Gulliver’s Travels (1977)

Gullivers Travels swift pinkney.jpg book cover

A satirical look at human society through the eyes of giants, midgets and horses.

Author(s): Jonathan Swift
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Details »

Junior Classics Volume 5 (1912)

junior classics vol 5.jpg book cover

Selections from older classics that have been appropriated by children such as Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver’s Travels and Pilgrim’s Progress for children from six to sixteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): John Bunyan
Daniel Defoe
Sir Walter Scott
William Shakespeare
Jonathan Swift
Various
Illustrator(s): Edmund Dulac
Arthur Rackham

Details »