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A Modest Proposal: Penguin Little Black Classics

Autor Jonathan Swift
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 feb 2015
'... a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...'

Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a famine

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). Swift's works available in Penguin Classics are Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal and Other Writings.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780141398181
ISBN-10: 0141398183
Pagini: 64
Dimensiuni: 112 x 151 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.06 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Little Black Classics
Seria Penguin Little Black Classics

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Anglo-Irish poet, satirist and clergyman, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), was born in Dublin to English parents. He embarked on a career as diplomatic secretary and became increasingly involved in politics. He published many satirical works of verse and prose, including A Tale of a Tub, A Modest Proposal, and Gulliver's Travels.