Gullivers Travels — Jonathan Swift

My father lived in the north of England but he was not very rich I was the youngest of five brothers and we lived on hand to mouth I left school when I was seventeen years old My father could not pay for me after that So I chose my way of life I travelled on the ship Antelope to the South Seas We left Bristol in May 1699 I will not write down everything about our journey on those seas But I will tell you this On our way to the East Indies a great wind carried us the wrong way Twelve of our men died from the hard work and bad food and the other men were not very strong The conditions were quite difficult One morning there was heavy rain and we could not see well In the strong winds the ship hit something in the water and broke into pieces Six of us got a boat into the sea But we were weak and the wind turned it over We fell into the water The wind and the water carried me away from the other men and I never saw them again Otto Classics Graded Readers Series are outstanding classics written by famous writers The language and vocabulary in the books are controlled and simplified by specialist ELT authors and compilers according to Common European Framework so that they can be easily understood by new learners of English Depending on the eight levels from A1 to B2 the longer stories are divided into a number of chapters and every chapter has its own activities Some of the activities in the books are meant to be done in pairs You may work with a partner to solve problems and design projects that reflect not only your own thinking but also new ideas you and your mates will discover by working in groups

The fullest most up to date paperback edition currently on the market The introduction and notes by two of the General Editors of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift elucidate the work in line with the latest critical thinking and provide a wealth of background information and explanatory help Reproduces the 1735 edition of the text and includes for the first time not only the frontispiece and title page from that edition but the frontispiece portraits of Gulliver Swift that appeared in successive editions and whose subtle changes contribute to the readers uncertainty about the veracity of the author Up to date bibliography New chronology New to this Edition New introduction by Claude Rawson draws on the latest scholarship and considers Swifts role playing and the relationship of the author to Gulliver Contains an astute analysis of the nature of Swifts satire Frontispiece portraits of Gulliver Swift New up to date bibliography New chronology New explanatory notes by Ian Higgins removing now outdated interpretative areas