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The Jonathan Swift Library

The Jonathan Swift Library

By: Jonathan Swift
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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. Expect giants and tiny emperors, philosophers both wise and ridiculous, and the occasional reminder that mankind, for all its claims to reason, remains delightfully absurd. Pray sit upright, adjust your headphones with dignity, and prepare to be entertained, corrected, and perhaps gently mocked.Public domain
Episodes
  • Gulliver's Travels Part 3 Chapter 6

    Gulliver's Travels Part 3 Chapter 6
    Jun 16 2026
    In which the author visits a peculiar academy devoted to political projectors, encountering an ingenious physician who applies medical analogies to cure the maladies afflicting senates and ministers, along with various whimsical proposals to improve governance and public administration. He further observes the intricate methods of detecting conspiracies, enriched by an account from a foreign land where plots are manufactured and deciphered through curious linguistic devices, before deciding that his stay in this country ought not to be prolonged.
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    12 mins
  • Gulliver's Travels Part 3 Chapter 5

    Gulliver's Travels Part 3 Chapter 5
    Jun 14 2026
    In which the curious traveller is admitted to the grand academy of Lagado, a place where inventors and scholars pursue many whimsical and absurd projects, from extracting sunshine from cucumbers to teaching the blind to distinguish colours. Amidst these endeavours, he witnesses a peculiar contrivance designed to compose books by mechanical means and discourses with various professors proposing strange methods to expedite learning and communication.
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    15 mins
  • Gulliver's Travels Part 3 Chapter 4

    Gulliver's Travels Part 3 Chapter 4
    Jun 12 2026
    In which the narrative unfurls the author's departure from an island of lofty musings to a more grounded but equally perplexing land, where he encounters a lord whose own prudent ways set him apart from the prevailing tide of impractical innovation. This lord guides the author through a realm afflicted by the ambition of projectors whose grand designs have left the country in ruin and its people in wretched condition, inviting reflection on the follies of overzealous reform.
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    12 mins
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