by Don Fart in hando Puff-in dorst (Satirist-Jonathan Swift)
Let's not forget "Celia S**ts."
Imagine Swift living in today's book publishing market? He couldn't get even Gulliver into print. But he'd be a Substack great.
Over holidays I've been reading that era and so much edgier than today but bigger words!
Agree entirely. in Gulliver's travels we read social and political satire not equaled until W.S. Gilbert of G&S fame.
Great fun!
That's what I thought when I was looking at Swift's bibliography. How did I miss this in Victorian lit. class? Also, is directed at the fair sex.
Thank you for sharing your discoveries! Your Substack is growing beautifully.
Let's not forget "Celia S**ts."
Imagine Swift living in today's book publishing market? He couldn't get even Gulliver into print. But he'd be a Substack great.
Over holidays I've been reading that era and so much edgier than today but bigger words!
Agree entirely. in Gulliver's travels we read social and political satire not equaled until W.S. Gilbert of G&S fame.
Great fun!
That's what I thought when I was looking at Swift's bibliography. How did I miss this in Victorian lit. class? Also, is directed at the fair sex.
Thank you for sharing your discoveries! Your Substack is growing beautifully.