Mega cringe. I'm glad I got that corrected. Me and my friends had been wrongly assuming for a long time that Swiss Family Robinson was written by Swift, though God knows why. I checked my copy now and saw that I was wrong. Really sorry. Still, I did enjoy SFR!Anita Bensoussane wrote:You probably know that Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels as a political satire, Sunskriti, even though it has come to be regarded as a children's story.
The Swiss Family Robinson was written by Johann Wyss and was intended for children.
I know it is a political satire, but it's so incredibly boring, even as a satire. I mean come on, you just don't feel like turning the page!
The population of Virgin Island would decline quickly in that case!Machupicchu14 wrote:Quote from Frank McCourt :
Jonathan Swift is one of the greatest English writers
Frank:I thought Jonathan Swift was Irish
Teacher : Does that means that if I am from The Virgin Island, am a virgin?