Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Classics) by Swift Jonathan (1967-05-30) Mass Market Paperback

by Roy McMillan

Lemuel Gulliver sets out on a series of travels, but each time he finds himself shipwrecked in new and unfamiliar lands. And how unfamiliar In Lilliput, everyone is tiny, and it takes thousands of them to capture him; in Brobdingnag, they're huge and treat him as a sort of living toy; in Laputa, they live on a floating island inventing impossibly mad projects; and the Houyhnhnms are horses But through all his adventures, Gulliver learns to see humans in a different way, too. One of the world's great works of fiction, Gulliver's Travels keeps all its humour and satire in this new retelling, which uses Swift's words in the main, simplifying and clarifying them where necessary.

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Reviews

[Paul White · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book despite having to deal with a language that, at times, I found challenging. But enjoyed the author's imagination and how he was able to place Gulliver in four different situations where he was challenged by the physical environment he found himself, and the social and political constraints. I found his liberal mindset refreshing.

[Paddy Reddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened to this as an audiobook over a long drive. Hadn't realised how much there was to this story. A great commentary on the social/political backdrop of Britain in the 1700s, much of which is just as relevant today!