Gulliver's Travels
$16.75
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
6 March 2003
Summary
Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift’s savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141439495 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141439491 |
| Author: | Jonathan Swift, Robert DeMaria |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 6 March 2003 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish poet, satirist and clergyman, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), was born in Dublin to English parents. He embarked on a career as diplomatic secretary and became increasingly involved in politics. He published many satirical works of verse and prose, including A Tale of a Tub, A Modest Proposal, and Gulliver’s Travels.
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