The Battle of the Books

Genre(s): Satire

Number of Chapters: 23

Length: 05 hours and 08 minutes

Language: English

"The Battle of the Books" depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library (housed in St James's Palace at the time of the writing), as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy. Because of the satire, "The Battle of the Books" has become a term for the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. It is one of his earliest well-known works. (Wikipedia)

Introduction, the bookseller to the reader, & the preface of the author (Elijah Fisher)

A full and true account... Part 1 (Elijah Fisher)

A full and true account... Part 2 (Elijah Fisher)

The Episode of Bentley and Wotton (Elijah Fisher)

A Meditation Upon a Broomstick (Elijah Fisher)

Predictions for the Year 1708 (Elijah Fisher)

The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff’s Predictions… (Elijah Fisher)

Baucis and Philemon (Elijah Fisher)

The logicians refuted (Elijah Fisher)

The puppet show (Elijah Fisher)

Candenus and Vanessa (Elijah Fisher)

STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1718 (Elijah Fisher)

STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1720. (Elijah Fisher)

STELLA’S BIRTHDAY (Elijah Fisher)

STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, 1724 (Elijah Fisher)

STELLA’S BIRTHDAY, MARCH 13, 1726 (Elijah Fisher)

TO STELLA (Elijah Fisher)

The first he wrote OCT. 17, 1727 (Elijah Fisher)

The second prayer was written NOV. 6, 1727. (Elijah Fisher)

The Beasts' confession (1732) (Elijah Fisher)

An argument to prove that the abolishing... (Elijah Fisher)

Hints towards and essay on conversation (Elijah Fisher)

Thoughts on various subjects (Elijah Fisher)

The audiobook The Battle of the Books falls under the genres of Satire. It is written by Jonathan Swift.

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