Jonathan Swift

Travelers visit many strange places. They see very many wonderful things. When they return home they tell wonderful stories about what they have seen....

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Three is the third instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Three features 10 essential works that reach further back into early Greek and Italian stories from Dante, Machiavelli, and Homer...

This collection contains adventure novels from various authors, recognized masters who have become classics in this genre. None of the works included in...

Lemuel Gulliver, a slightly staid ship’s doctor, relates the tales of his astonishing travels....

Here, in this unusual collection, are some of the greatest essays in Western literature. Witty, informative and imaginative....

A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729....

What starts with young Jim Hawkins meeting a beggar and ends in a climactic battle between him and one of the most infamous villains in literature — Long John Silver — has long been revered as the ultimate pirate adventure story....

The 18th Century Classics Collection steps into the vibrant and tumultuous world of 18th century Europe. With this captivating anthology of some of the most influential works of 1700s literature, we encounter biting satire, passionate romance, and political tumultuousness.

Andrew Sachs reads Jonathan Swift's humorous and unforgettable tale of a strange man in some very strange lands....

Swift nos embarca en las asombrosas aventuras de Lemuel Gulliver, un cirujano de barco convertido en explorador, cuyos viajes lo llevan a tierras desconocidas habitadas por seres extraordinarios.

Ce roman fut écrit par Swift après le krach de 1720. Il avait acheté des actions de la Compagnie des mers du Sud pour 1000 livres...

One of the most-studied pieces of satire in history, ‘A Modest Proposal’ is a darkly funny yet scathing critique of British colonialism from an Irish lens.

Swift's allegorical satire about religion and politics follows the lives of three brothers, Martin, Peter, and Jack, each of who represents a faction of the Christian faith....

Lemuel Gulliver always dreamed of sailing across the seas, but he never imagined the places his travels would take him.

Alec Guinness delivers beautifully a selection of passages from Gulliver's Travels....

Hans Christian Andersen, Les Contes des mille et une nuits, les frères Grimm, Jean de La Fontaine : autant d'auteurs d'exception dont les contes, fables et autres histoires ont captivé des générations d'enfants...

Après un naufrage, le chirurgien Gulliver débarque sur l'île de Lilliput. Et là, Ô surprise !! Les habitants ne mesurent que 15 cm...

The Irish are known the world over as friendly and engaging talkers with a word here and a few words there to each and every soul they meet. Their poets dazzle with talent and verse that few other nations dare compete with. What follows demonstrates why.

In der faszinierenden Welt der Abenteuerliteratur entfalten sich Geschichten voller Entdeckergeist und Sehnsucht nach Freiheit, jede Erzählung nimmt die Hörer:innen mit auf eine packende Reise.

Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swift’s unforgettable satire takes listeners into worlds formerly unimagined. Visit four strange and remarkable lands....