Gulliver's Travels

Written by Jonathan Swift

Journey through lands of tiny people and giants in a whimsical adventure.

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336 pages· ~620L

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Ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver sets out on four voyages and washes up among strange peoples: the tiny, quarrelsome Lilliputians, the giants of Brobdingnag, the dreamy scholars of the flying island of Laputa, and the wise horses called Houyhnhnms, who rule over the brutish Yahoos. Swift's 1726 satire turns each encounter into a sharp look at politics, science and human pride. Will Gulliver ever see his own kind the same way again?

From the publisher

Gulliver’s Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon. In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city, he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a god. However, in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation, exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. In Laputa, a flying island, he encounters a society of speculators and projectors who have lost all grip on everyday reality; while they plan and calculate, their country lies in ruins. Gulliver’s final voyage takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses whom he quickly comes to admire - in contrast to the Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who bear a disturbing resemblance to humans.

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