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Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100141439491
ISBN-139780141439495
eBay Product ID (ePID)2411627
Product Key Features
Book TitleGulliver's Travels
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicClassics, Literary, Fantasy / Epic
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorJonathan Swift
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Notes byDeMaria, Robert, Jr.
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal823.5
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisA wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Gulliver's Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city, he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a god. However, in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation, exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. In Laputa, a flying island, he encounters a society of speculators and projectors who have lost all grip on everyday reality; while they plan and calculate, their country lies in ruins. Gulliver's final voyage takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses whom he quickly comes to admire - in contrast to the Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who bear a disturbing resemblance to humans. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction by Robert Demaria, Jr, which discusses the ways Gulliver's Travels has been interpreted since its first publication. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., 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 us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.
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- Apr 27, 2018
Great classic must read for those who like classic books thank you so much 😀
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