Original Gold Gulliver s Travels — Jonathan Swift

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best loved essential classics I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth Shipwrecked on the high seas Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed up on the strange island of Lilliput a land inhabited by quarrelsome miniature people On his travels he continues to meet others who force him to reflect on human behaviour the giants of Brobdingnag the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos In this scathing satire on the politics and morals of the 18th Century Swift s condemnation of society and its institutions still resonates today

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Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World In Four Parts By Lemuel Gulliver First a Surgeon and then a Captain of Several Ships better known simply as Gulliver s Travels 1726 amended 1735 is a novel by Anglo Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan 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 Part I A Voyage to Lilliput Mural depicting Gulliver surrounded by citizens of Lilliput 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 giving assurances of his good behaviour he is given a residence in Lilliput and becomes a favourite of the court From there the book follows Gulliver s observations on the Court of Lilliput He is also given the permission to roam around the city on a condition that he must not harm their subjects Gulliver assists the Lilliputians to subdue their neighbours the Blefuscudians by stealing their fleet However he refuses to reduce the island nation of Blefuscu to a province of Lilliput displeasing the King and the court Gulliver is charged with treason for among other crimes making water in the capital even though he was putting out a fire and saving countless lives He is convicted and sentenced to be blinded but with the assistance of a kind friend he escapes to Blefuscu Here he spots and retrieves an abandoned boat and sails out to be rescued by a passing ship which safely takes him back home This book of the Travels is a topical political satire

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World In Four Parts By Lemuel Gulliver First a Surgeon and then a Captain of Several Ships better known simply as Gulliver s Travels 1726 amended 1735 is a novel by Anglo Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan 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 img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best loved essential classics I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth Shipwrecked on the high seas Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed up on the strange island of Lilliput a land inhabited by quarrelsome miniature people On his travels he continues to meet others who force him to reflect on human behaviour the giants of Brobdingnag the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos In this scathing satire on the politics and morals of the 18th Century Swift s condemnation of society and its institutions still resonates today