Gulliver's Travels
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3.6
Jonathan Swift
Ian Higgins
IGulliver's Travels purports to be a travel book, and describes the shipwrecked Gulliver's encounters with the inhabitants of four extraordinary places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the country of the Houyhnhnms. A consumately skilful blend of fantasy and realism makes Gulliver's Travels by turns hilarious, frightening, and profound. This new edition includes the changing frontispiece portraits of Gulliver that appeared in successive early editions. - ;'Thus, gentle Reader, I have given thee a faithful History of my Travels for Sixteen Years, and above Seven Months; wherein I have not been so studious of Ornament as of Truth.' In these words Gulliver represents himself as a reliable reporter of the fantastic adventures he has just set down; but how far can we rely on a narrator whose identity is elusive and whoses inventiveness is self-evident? Gulliver's Travels purports to be a travel book, and describes Gulliver's encounters with the inhabitants of four extraordinary places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the country of the Houyhnhnms. A consummately skilful blend of fantasy and realism makes Gulliver's Travels by turns hilarious, frightening, and profound. Swift plays tricks on us, and delivers one of the world's most disturbing satires of the human condition. This new edition includes the changing frontispiece portraits of Gulliver that appeared in successive early editions. -
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Author
Jonathan Swift
Pages
362
Publisher
Oxford University Press, UK
Published Date
2005-03-10
ISBN
0192805347 9780192805348
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"I enjoyed it way more than Journey to the Centre of the Earth, but not as much as Around the World in 80 Days. I found the parts where he explains English living to the inhabitants he meets on his travels super boring. The descriptions of the inhabitants and their lives were more interesting. "
Sarah Joubert
"I got a Barnes and noble classic copy for cheap with the intro and notes by Micheal Seidel. Great read it, I don’t really get all the references about England at the time, friends, and political rivals, but without looking at all that it’s just a good story. Some of the vocabulary and phrases are a little dated because of it being published in 1726 and all, but the notes help out a ton. Highly recommend."
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