Jonathan Swift

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Jonathan Swift

• 1667-1745

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Biography

• Jonathan Swift, the famous English writer, was
  born in a poor family in Dublin, Ireland.. His
  mother found work in England and left Jonathan in
  his uncles family. He learned very well at
  school and his uncle sent him to Dublin
  University. When Swift left the university, he
  went to England in 1689 and found work there as
  secretary to a writer. At that time Jonathan
  Swift began to write articles for newspapers.
  Soon Swift began to write satirical novels. In
  1726 he wrote the novel Gullivers Travels. It
  is a satirical novel about England in his time.
  People liked the book in many countries.

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Match the sentences with the pictures.

• 5.The monkey took Gulliver in its hands, and
  jumped out of the window.
• 2.One day a big monkey saw Gulliver through the
  open door of the room.
• Gulliver jumped up from the chair and stood
  behind the wardrobe.
• 3.The monkey looked at Gulliver and wanted to
  play with the little man. It thought Gulliver was
  a young little monkey.
• 1.Now Gulliver lived in the palace in a box,
  which hung at the window when the weather was
  fine.
• 1.Gulliver was happy when a man came, picked him
  up and carried him down.
• The monkey saw Gulliver behind the wardrobe and
  caught him.
• 6.Then the monkey jumped to the roof of the house
  with Gulliver in its hands.
• 7-8.People saw the monkey and Gulliver on the
  roof and they brought the leader and began to go
  up on to the roof.

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