Jonathan Swift Audio Books

For anyone with an abiding interest in classic literature, we present this series of concise summaries of some of the most time-worn classics.

Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet...

Gulliver’s Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift…

Gulliver’s Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the “travellers’ tales” literary sub-genre.

Comedy is totally subjective...

Here, in this unusual collection, are some of the greatest essays in Western literature. Witty, informative and imaginative; the topics vary from starvation in Ireland, fine China, the extension of railways in the Lake District and the tombs in Westminster Abbey.

A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697, that was eventually published in 1704. It is arguably his most difficult satire, and perhaps his most masterly.

“...you’ll find the sink strike your offended sense with double stink.”

Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own.

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