An edition of Gulliver's Travels (1726)

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An edition of Gulliver's Travels (1726)

Gulliver’s Travels

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Gulliver’s Travels was published in 1726 and is probably the most famous work by Jonathan Swift. It was an instant hit—selling out within a week—and has never been out of print, as well as having been adapted many times.

Lemuel Gulliver, an English surgeon on the Antelope, is shipwrecked and washed up on the island of Lilliput, where the inhabitants are less than six inches tall. This part of the book is a thinly veiled attack on the political classes of the time, as the Lilliputians focus on the minutiae of life, most notably the rift which has developed according to which end of a boiled egg gets opened at breakfast—the big end or the little end.

On his second recorded journey he is abandoned on an island of giants where he is paraded as a curiosity at local markets and fairs. On his third journey he is marooned by pirates and is rescued by the inhabitants of a floating island devoted to music, mathematics and astronomy. On his final journey he meets the Houyhnhnms, a race of talking horses who have subdued the Yahoos, creatures who resemble humans.

On his return to England, Gulliver has a very different outlook on life and views the human race in a very different way.

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Cover of: Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels
2019, Standard Ebooks
in English
Cover of: Geliefo you ji
Geliefo you ji: Gulliver's travels
2014, Shanghai da xue chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
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Gulliver's Travels: 格列佛游记
2012, Bei jing shao nian er tong chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
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Ge Lie Fo You Ji
2011, Hu bei shao nian er tong chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
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Ge lie fo you ji
2006, Shang hai ren min mei shu chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
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Gulliver's Travels
2005-11-26, Project Gutenberg
in English
Cover of: Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
1997-02-01, Project Gutenberg
in English
Cover of: Gulliver's travels into several remote regions of the world
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Voyages de Gulliver
1861, Béchet aîné
in French
Cover of: Voyages du capitaine Lemuel Gulliver
Cover of: Voyages du capitaine Lemuel Gulliver
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A parody of traveler’s tales and a satire of human nature, “Gulliver’s Travels” is Jonathan Swift’s most famous work which was first published in 1726. An immensely popular tale ever since its original publication, “Gulliver’s Travels” is the story of its titular character, Lemuel Gulliver, a man who loves to travel. A series of four journeys are detailed in which Gulliver finds himself in a number of amusing and precarious situations. In the first voyage, Gulliver is imprisoned by a race of tiny people, the Lilliputians, when following a shipwreck he is washed upon the shores of their island country. In his second voyage Gulliver finds himself abandoned in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, where he is exhibited for their amusement. In his third voyage, Gulliver once again finds himself marooned; fortunately he is rescued by the flying island of Laputa, a kingdom devoted to the arts of music and mathematics. He subsequently travels to the surrounding lands of Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan. Finally in his last voyage, when he is set adrift by a mutinous crew, he finds himself in the curious Country of the Houyhnhnms. Through the various experiences of Gulliver, Swift brilliantly satirizes the political and cultural environment of his time in addition to creating a lasting and enchanting tale of fantasy. This edition is illustrated by Milo Winter and includes an introduction by George R. Dennis.

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