HeyJaredThe Jonathan Swift Library
Welcome, curious listener, to The Jonathan Swift Library, a most serious repository of voyages, follies, and uncomfortable truths. Within this auditory cabinet you shall find entire books read aloud, as if rescued from the dust of some neglected Enlightenment shelf.
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A Modest Proposal (opens the original)
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In which a cool-headed projector, surveying the swarms of impoverished mothers and children that burden a suffering kingdom, proposes with shocking arithmetic that infants be turned into a profitable commodity, thereby easing poverty, enriching landlords, and delighting the tables of the wealthy. With feigned reasonableness and savage irony, he praises the supposed economic, social, and moral benefits of this monstrous scheme, exposing instead the cruelty, indifference, and hypocrisy of a societ
Gulliver's Travels Part 4 Chapter 12 (opens the original)
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In which the author solemnly vindicates the truthfulness of his long and unusual travels, lamenting the rash falsities often told by less scrupulous voyagers, and extols the virtues of the rational Houyhnhnms while reflecting on the shortcomings of his own countrymen. He takes his final leave with a modest proposal for personal reformation and a gentle admonition to those afflicted by pride, thus concluding his curious and instructive narrative.
Gulliver's Travels Part 4 Chapter 11 (opens the original)
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In which the author undertakes a perilous voyage to a remote land, where he suffers injury at the hands of natives and is subsequently rescued by a kindly Portuguese captain, whose civilities he reluctantly accepts. Upon his return to England, he finds himself alienated from his former life and kin, harbouring a profound preference for the noble company of horses over that of his own species.
Gulliver's Travels Part 4 Chapter 10 (opens the original)
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In which the author finds contentment and virtue in the company of the rational and amiable Houyhnhnms, learning much from their conversations and way of life, whilst reflecting on the faults of his own species with a mixture of horror and admiration. Yet, despite his happiness and improvement, he is compelled by an assembly’s decree to leave their country, prompting him to craft a canoe with diligent assistance and take a sorrowful farewell before venturing forth upon the sea.
Gulliver's Travels Part 4 Chapter 9 (opens the original)
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In which a solemn assembly of the Houyhnhnms debates the fate of the troublesome Yahoos, considering strategies both severe and subtle, whilst reflecting on the peculiarities of their society, language, and customs. The narrative gently unfolds their rational ways of living, from their unadorned dwellings to their serene acceptance of death, revealing a people governed by reason and virtue, untouched by the tumult of human follies.
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