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A Tale of a Tub

A Tale of a Tub

Jonathan Swift

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Living Book Press
Año de edición:
2026
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Ficción clásica
ISBN:
9781761531774
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Jonathan Swift fires his broadside with a parable: when sailors meet a whale, they fling out an empty tub to keep it busy. In Swift’s hands, that 'tub' becomes this book-a decoy tossed to distract Leviathan while it slyly examines credulity, fashion, and power.Beneath the jokes runs a clear tale: a father leaves three sons a will and three coats-meant to fit for life-only for the brothers to stitch on trimmings, quarrel, and forget the rule that kept them true. Swift unfolds the quarrel until even their names-Peter, Martin, Jack-mark their parting ways.Around the story swirl glittering 'digressions' that lampoon critics, fads, and bookmen-showpieces of prose that made Swift the terror of Grub Street and the delight of readers.

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