Selections From the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift Edited With Notes and an Introduction (Classic Reprint) - Rilegato

Prescott, F. C.

 
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From the present selection it has seemed best to exclude Gulliver's Travels and the journal to Stella. Gulliver prob ably deserves to be read, as it usually is read, before any of the works included here, but it is already obtainable in many forms. The journal to Stella likewise should be read by every student of Swift, for the light it throws on Swift's character, of which it gives a more intimate idea than any of his other writings, and even for its style. But, not having been intended for publication, it lies outside Swift's formal prose, if not outside literature, and it can therefore.

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ISBN 10:  1331080584 ISBN 13:  9781331080589
Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2018
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