Gulliver's Travels By Jonathan Swift "Fully Illustrated & Annotated Volume" (Bed Time Story)
Author | : Jonathan Swift |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2020-04-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798637241880 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Download or read book Gulliver's Travels By Jonathan Swift "Fully Illustrated & Annotated Volume" (Bed Time Story) written by Jonathan Swift and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.Gulliver's Travels is a wickedly clever satire that uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society.