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Gulliver's Travels

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Gulliver's Travels, authored by Jonathan Swift, is a satirical novel that follows Lemuel Gulliver on his extraordinary voyages to various mysterious lands. His adventures begin in the tiny world of Lilliput and extend to other fantastical places, including a country of giants and islands floating in the sky. Through Gulliver's experiences, Swift explores themes of human nature, society, and the absurdities of political systems.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy satirical tales that explore human nature through imaginative adventures. It offers a fascinating blend of humour, political commentary, and vivid imagination, taking readers on a journey to fantastical lands that provide insight into 18th-century society and its follies. If you appreciate richly detailed storytelling with a touch of irony, this classic novel is for you.

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Gulliver's Travels

Describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction, which discusses the ways "Gulliver's Travels" has been interpreted since its first publication.

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Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous.

His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms, and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour.

Swift's savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified, and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141439495

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 January 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by Robert DeMaria
  • Edited by Robert DeMaria

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 271g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Anglo-Irish poet, satirist and clergyman, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), was born in Dublin to English parents. He embarked on a career as diplomatic secretary and became increasingly involved in politics. He published many satirical works of verse and prose, including A Tale of a Tub, A Modest Proposal, and Gulliver's Travels.

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