A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books; The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit by Jonathan Swift, Frank H. Ellis

A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books; The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit

Jonathan Swift, Frank H. Ellis

242 pages • first pub 1704 (editions)

fiction classics philosophy challenging funny reflective slow-paced
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Samuel Johnson, who did not like Swift, said that A Tale of a Tub - exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. And in his old age - looking ov...

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