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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
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This version of Gulliver's Travels is a rare 1918 edition complete with illustrations.
Gulliver's Travels (1726) is a novel by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift (also known as Dean Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature.
The book became popular as soon as it was published (John Gay wrote in a 1726 letter to Swift that "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery"; since then, it has never been out of print.
The book begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver, in the style of books of the time, gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages. He enjoys travelling, although it is that love of travel that is his downfall.
During his first voyage, Gulliver is washed ashore after a shipwreck and finds himself a prisoner of a race of tiny people, less than 6 inches tall, who are inhabitants of the island country of Lilliput. After his visit to Lilliput, Gulliver's sailing ship Adventure is steered off course by storms and forced to go in to land for want of fresh water, where Gulliver is abandoned by his companions and found by a farmer who is 72 feet (22 m) tall.
Gulliver's Travels (1726) is a novel by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift (also known as Dean Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature.
The book became popular as soon as it was published (John Gay wrote in a 1726 letter to Swift that "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery"; since then, it has never been out of print.
The book begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver, in the style of books of the time, gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages. He enjoys travelling, although it is that love of travel that is his downfall.
During his first voyage, Gulliver is washed ashore after a shipwreck and finds himself a prisoner of a race of tiny people, less than 6 inches tall, who are inhabitants of the island country of Lilliput. After his visit to Lilliput, Gulliver's sailing ship Adventure is steered off course by storms and forced to go in to land for want of fresh water, where Gulliver is abandoned by his companions and found by a farmer who is 72 feet (22 m) tall.
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