Book Series Guide

Jonathan Swift · pamphlet-series

The Bickerstaff Papers books in order

Swift's satirical pamphlets and collections written under the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff, chiefly targeting astrologer John Partridge and related credulity.

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Publication order

  1. 1
    Predictions for the Year 1708

    Book 1 · pamphlet · 1708

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  2. 2
    The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions

    Book 2 · pamphlet · 1708

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  3. 3
    An Elegy on Mr. Partridge, the Almanack-Maker

    Book 3 · poetry · 1708

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  4. 4
    A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.

    Book 4 · pamphlet · 1709

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  5. 5
    A Famous Prediction of Merlin, the British Wizard

    Book 5 · pamphlet · 1709

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  6. 6
    The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.

    Book 6 · collection · 1720

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