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Gulliver's Travels - Into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts (Hardcover)
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Gulliver's Travels - Into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts (Hardcover)
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Gulliver's Travels, published first in 1726 and again in 1735, is
the most well-known work of Irish satirist Jonathan Swift. It is
the story of Lemuel Gulliver, who captains a ship and sails the
world, stopping in odd locations (such as Lilliput, Brobdingnag,
and Glubbdubdrib) and getting into all sorts of trouble. During his
adventures, he is held captive by a tiny race of people no taller
than six inches, becomes an exhibition for giants, and meets a race
of horses (Houyhnhnms) who rule humans (Yahoos). The entire work is
a parody of the "travel" genre of literature (which was immensely
popular at the time) and a satire on human nature in general. This
classic, which includes all four of Gulliver's adventures, is a
delight for readers young and old. JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745) was
an Irish poet, essayist, satirist, political pamphleteer (for both
Whigs and Tories), and cleric. Swift is the most well-known prose
satirist in the English language, renowned for his works Gulliver's
Travels, A Tale of a Tub, and An Argument Against Abolishing
Christianity, among others. He was a master of two styles of
satire: Horatian and Juvenalian, and originally published all his
works under pseudonyms.
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