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"One of Europe's most important literary figures, Jonathan Swift was also an inspired humorist, a beloved companion, and a conscientious Anglican minister--as well as a hoaxer and a teller of tales. His anger against abuses of power would produce the most famous satires of the English language: Gulliver's Travels as well as the Drapier Papers and the unparalleled Modest Proposal, in which he imagined the poor of Ireland farming their infants for the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
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English
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"When library page Jordan Young falls asleep in the children's section of T. Middleton Nightingale City Library, she misses the initial transformation of the library and wakes up to find herself in the land of Lilliput, where the tiny people are fighting over how to crack an egg and a friendly giant from Brobdingnag is looking for her giant mischievous monkey."--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.5 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
NC 1150L
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English
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"Lemuel Gulliver is a kind English surgeon longing for adventure. He gets a lot more than he bargained for when he signs on board a sailing ship and a shipwreck leaves him swept ashore. He embarks on four remarkable voyages, each leading to strange beings and cultures. Portrayed both as an observer and a victim of circumstances, Gulliver solves problems, starts and ends wars, and gets in and out of one difficulty after another. He first finds himself...
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A Spectrum book Twentieth century views volume S-TC-35
Pub. Date
[1964]
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English
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Great books of the Western world volume 36
Pub. Date
[1952]
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English
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1) Swift uses his many travels in his life to add excitement to his works. 2) Sterne, an English clergyman, writes an unconventional novel of conversations and reminiscences rather than action.
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"Leo Damrosch draws on discoveries made over the past thirty years to tell the story of Swift's life anew. Probing holes in the existing evidence, he takes seriously some daring speculations about Swift's parentage, love life, and various personal relationships and shows how Swift's public version of his life--the one accepted until recently--was deliberately misleading. Swift concealed aspects of himself and his relationships, and other people in...
20) Jonathan Swift
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1986.
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English
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A collection of critical essays on Swift and his work. Also includes a chronology of events in his life.
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