Letters And Journals Of Jonathan Swift PDF Download

Excerpt from Letters and Journals of Jonathan Swift The present volume is intended to supply what was wanting in my Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift, There my object was to offer what I considered the best specimens (within certain necessary limits) of Swifts prose style, as shown in his public works, his satires, political papers, and narrative pieces - in short, his literary style, in which there is more of the author than the man. In the present selection it is not the style, but Swift the man, in whom we are interested, and the letters and journals are chosen with a view of illustrating his manner of life, his friendships and tastes, - to show us the satirist at home, with his armour off, the cynic delighting in the society of the few people whom he excluded from his general condemnation of the animal called man It is true that the letters are as delightful as any of Swifts works in point of style. They possess the greatest charm letters can have, perfect sincerity and frankness: Swift writes as though he were talking face to face with his friends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.