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Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus

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Each chapter of the novel satirises a different fad or fashion of the period, mocking modern culture for its blind adherence both to new trends and outdated beliefs. The novel tells the story of Martinus Scriblerus' upbringing by his parents, who subject him to a range of strange customs such as
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refusing to allow his wet-nurse to eat beef and instead raising him solely on butter and honey, a diet supposedly advised by Eustathius. He grows up to be a strange, mixed character with little common sense.
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Index

The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
satirical
Scriblerus Club
Jonathan Swift
Alexander Pope
Dr. Arbuthnot
George Crabbe
Gulliver
Dunciad
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e
Alexander Pope
Three Hours After Marriage

Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry
Ode on Solitude
Pastorals
An Essay on Criticism
Messiah
The Rape of the Lock
Windsor-Forest
The Temple of Fame
Eloisa to Abelard
Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady
Messiah
Samuel Johnson
The Dunciad
An Essay on Man
Moral Essays

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