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List of Works
[An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity] [Battle of the Books] [On the Death of Esther Johnson (Stella)] [Gulliver's Travels] [Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation] [Journal to Stella] [A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet] [A Modest Proposal] [A Tale of a Tub] [Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding]


An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1711)
  • HTML (264 KB; 100 KB zipped; plain text also available) of The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces at Project Gutenberg

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  • Thrift Paperback edition of A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works; includes The Battle of the Books, A Meditation upon a Broom-Stick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit and The Abolishing of Christianity in England (Dover Pubns, 1996, 64 pg).
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Battle of the Books (1704)
  • HTML (264 KB; 100 KB zipped; plain text also available) of The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces at Project Gutenberg

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  • Paperback edition of A Tale of a Tub and Other Works; includes The Battle of the Books (Oxford Univ Pr, 1999, 192 pg).
  • Thrift Paperback edition of A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works; includes The Battle of the Books, A Meditation upon a Broom-Stick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit and The Abolishing of Christianity in England (Dover Pubns, 1996, 64 pg).
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On the Death of Esther Johnson (Stella) (1729) [HC]
  • HTML (Single page, 99 KB) at Bartleby.com
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Gulliver's Travels (1726) [GBF(50),GBWW,GI,HTR]
  • HTML (606 KB; 226 KB zipped; plain text also available) at Project Gutenberg
  • French Text File (490 KB; 182 KB zipped) at Project Gutenberg

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  • Spanish Hardcover edition - Los Viajes de Gulliver (Everest de Ediciones Y Dist, 1999, 208 pg).
  • Thrift Paperback edition, unabridged (Dover Pubns, 1996).
  • Audio CD edition, abridged, read by Neville Jason (Naxos Audio Books, 1996).
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Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation (1709) [HC]
  • HTML (Single page, 97 KB) at Bartleby.com
  • HTML (264 KB; 100 KB zipped; plain text also available) of The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces at Project Gutenberg
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Journal to Stella (written 1710-13; publ. 1766) [HTR]
  • Text File (1.25 MB; 479 KB zipped) at Project Gutenberg

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  • Hardcover edition (Indypublish.com, 2002, 540 pg).
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A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet (1721) [HC]
  • HTML (Single page, 134 KB) at Bartleby.com
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A Modest Proposal (1729) [HTR]
  • HTML (40 KB; plain text also available) at Project Gutenberg

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  • Thrift Paperback edition of A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works; includes The Battle of the Books, A Meditation upon a Broom-Stick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit and The Abolishing of Christianity in England (Dover Pubns, 1996, 64 pg).
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A Tale of a Tub (1704) [HTR]
  • HTML (296 KB; 112 KB zipped; plain text also available) at Project Gutenberg

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  • Paperback edition of A Tale of a Tub and Other Works; includes The Battle of the Books (Oxford Univ Pr, 1999, 192 pg).
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Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding (pub. 1754) [HC]
  • HTML (Single page, 87 KB) at Bartleby.com
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