A Tale of a Tub
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About This Book
A Tale of a Tub, Jonathan Swift’s first major and his most masterly work. It presents a satire of religious excess. When it was written, politics and religion were so closely linked in England, that the religious and political aspects of the satire could not be separated.The story revolves around the exploits of three sons, Peter, Martin and Jack, representing the main threads of Christianity, viz. Catholic, Anglican, and Puritan, respectively. They receive a bequest from their father, of a coat each, with instructions that no alterations whatsoever may be made in the coats. After some time, t...
Chapters (65)
- A TALE OF A TUB AND THE HISTORY OF MARTIN
- CONTENTS.
- A TALE OF A TUB.
- ORIGINAL ADVERTISEMENT.
- 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 TUB.
- THE 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.
- FOOTNOTES.
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