Jump into Jonathan Swift's take-no-prisoners parody of seventeenth-century Christianity. Equal parts uproarious humor and incisive satire, A Tale of a Tub dissects the foibles and shortcomings of three brothers, each of whom represents a different...
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Jump into Jonathan Swift's take-no-prisoners parody of seventeenth-century Christianity. Equal parts uproarious humor and incisive satire, A Tale of a Tub dissects the foibles and shortcomings of three brothers, each of whom represents a different branch of the Christian religion. Swift, himself a clergyman, sealed his reputation as one of England's most ruthless -- and notorious -- satirists with the book's publication. It's a thought-provoking and rollicking read whether you're a
Title; Contents; Advert; To the Right Honourable John Lord Somers; The Bookseller to the Reader; The Epistle Dedicatory to His Royal Highness Prince Posterity; The Preface; Section I - The Introduction; Section II; Section III - A Digression Concerning Critics; Section IV - A Tale of a Tub; Section V - A Digression in the Modern Kind; Section VI - A Tale of a Tub; Section VII - A Digression in Praise of Digressions; Section VIII - A Tale of a Tub; Section IX - A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use, and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth; Section X - A Farther Digression
Section XI - A Tale of a TubThe Conclusion; The History of Martin; A Digression on the Nature, Usefulness, and Necessity of Wars and Quarrels; The History of Martin- Continued; A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind; Endnotes;
