The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces

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Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist. He wrote for the Whigs and then for the Tories. His best known works are Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub. The Battle of the Books is a short satire depicting a literal battle between books housed in the St James Palace.