Gulliver's Travels

by Martin Woodside (Adapter), Jamel Akib (Illustrator), Arthur Pober (Afterword)

Gulliver set sail not knowing what fantastic adventures await him. First he is shipwrecked on the island of Lilliput where the people are only six inches high! Then, he voyages to Brobdingnag, a land of towering giants. Will Gulliver ever make it back home?

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Childrens, Adventure, Middle Grade, School

150 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[AK 김 승 주 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great read.

[Abby Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gulliver is probably the worst father and husband a person could ever have. He legit would rather turn into a horse and live on a horse only island than live a normal life in England with his fam. Hate him

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yup, I read a kids book (4th grade level). I tried reading the original but I hated it. I was inspired to read it after Matt Amodio answered correctly on Jeopardy!, “What’s Houyhnhmns?” I had no idea what he even said. Anyway, I’m glad I read it, but I must say that Gulliver is no hero. On the contrary, he continually leaves his wife and children, contemplates never returning, and admits to being repulsed by them when he returns.

[Diana Anstett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for teaching about different cultures. Gulliver had to observe how the other cultures worked and fit into their society. He learned to appreciate things about each place he went to without judging it based on what he was accustomed to.

[katrīna · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,75/5
At first I thought that it will be like Robinsone Crusoe, but it was only like that for the 15 pages, and I am happy about it.
I didn't like that the stoy was kinda rushed. I just think that he coud've wrote it longer and more detailed.
The charecters also weren't like: Wow!
And one thing in my opinion wasn't explained, so that kinda sucks.
But that all wasn't as much bad than the story was good.

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

pretty wacky tbh. I am concerted

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve never read the unabridged version, so I can’t draw a comparison in that. But, to my knowledge, this seemed to be a solid adaptation. My boys thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Kathryn Lunn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fascinating story of the author's imaginary travels to lands of fiction. What a wonderful imagination Johnathan Swift had! He describes various world's with differing cultures but also throws in some of their language, genius! He adds amazing details about traditions and habits. He has a good sense of humour throughout - his explanation of why humans go to war and how the legal system works is both humourous and cynical - but sometimes can sound a little pompous. In the last chapter he decides he will stay with the Immortals, here he sounds arrogant and forgets about his wife and children at home. These Immortals are talked about badly in their society ; did Swift think he would end up the same as an old man? They just yearn for death. This is , as to be expected, old fashioned writing with beautiful language and description which shows us society's shortfalls and problems in a clever way. It may have been written for children at the time but I found it a good read.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a child I loved the cartoon movie from 1979, I enjoyed the retellings on TV through the 90s and the various short retelling books.

I thought I knew the story, but after reading this one I realized I missed a lot more of the story then just a man that has no business sailing the number of times that he has been shipped wrecked and surprised he has a family the amount of time he was gone.

But what I never noticed is that with each place he was at, was the author telling the reader how
broken the world is and/or how we can be better as people. This makes this children's classic even better as an adult.

[Xen · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am far from understanding why this is counted as a classic of literary history.
The writing is catastrophic, Gulliver is one of the most unsympathetic, unempathetic and self-centered people to ever exist, and this overprivileged behavior, this self-evident fact of the superiority of his culture compared to others - there are so many other books that I would rather recommend.

[Mohammad · Rating 1 out of 5]

boring.

[Evansmom · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book difficult to read. The language was not so easily understood. The story seemed a bit confusing to me.

[Ice Queen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't say enough good things about the Gulliver story itself! It has got to be, if not my absolute favorite story then a very close second!! Absolutely recommend it!!!!

[Krista · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book for yahoos

[Elizabeth Bowater · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has got to be one of the most funny / bizarre books I've read 🤣 I read an abridged version though

[The Bookworm❜ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay so-

This book wasn't too bad, I just wasn't too keen on it to be honest. But there were three parts in the story that made me MAD. sO iMmA tALk 'BouT tHem
1. This dude. This DUDE. THIS DUDE. He has a wife and kids right? Does he settle down and stay with them? NO! He frickin disappears for years at a time on his travels! Like bruh! YOU HAVE A FAMILY AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE GOING TO PLACES WITH SMOL PEOPLE AND BIG PEOPLE AND HORSIES AND-
2. He tRaVeLs his way on over to a place of giants. Because everyone are, ya know, giants, lil Gulliver is quite a curiosity. So the king of this giant place is like, "Hey, Imma make some money off of you!" The king then travels around the giant land showing off Gulliver, and there was this one part where the king wanted to find some humans like Gulliver, particularly a woman, so Gulliver could start a family. In that moment, was Gulliver concerned about his wife and kids' feelings? NO HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT "the disgrace to his family name". This man needs to get his priorities straightened out.
3. He travels to a land where horsies are like the hoomans and hoomans are wild beasts. The hoo-beasts are called Yahoos. I wasn't even questioning it at this point. Anyways, Gulliver loves all the philosophies and ways of the horsies and wants to stay there forever. Yep, he tOtAlLy doesn't have a family back at home. He would've stayed there forever because he doesn't want to be around the disgusting Yahoos at home. In short, he likes the horsy philosophies and doesn't want to lose said philosophies around people. Duh. And he would've stayed at horsy land forever but the horsy council decides to send him away so oh no. At the end it's been like five years, and he says he's "learned to tolerate the Yahoos" or sumfin like that. Honestly I was just trying to get through the book in one piece.

[Sharjeel Haider Jaffri · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this story, there is a character named Gulliver's Travels who goes through various experiences in his life. His father, who has four sons, doesn't have enough money to support them. Gulliver's dream is to become a doctor. Interestingly, your teacher's name is Gulliver's Travels. After finishing his studies, Gulliver returned home, and his father gave him 40 pounds. With this money, he decided to travel to foreign lands. He became a ship's doctor and embarked on a voyage.During the journey, a storm suddenly struck, causing Gulliver to get shipwrecked and end up in a country called Lilliput. The people of Lilliput were tiny in size, and despite their conflict, Gulliver didn't feel threatened due to their small stature. The king of Lilliput gave him wine, which Gulliver consumed entirely. After spending a few months in Lilliput, he managed to communicate with them. Eventually, after many weeks, Gulliver returned to his home. The story is very good read

[Gabriel Pierre · Rating 5 out of 5]

When the ship Gulliver is traveling on is destroyed in a storm, Gulliver ends up on the island of Lilliput, where he awakes to find that he has been captured by Lilliputians, very small people approximately six inches in. Gulliver is treated with compassion and concern. In turn, he helps them solve some of their problems, especially their conflict with their enemy, Blefuscu, an island across the bay from them. Gulliver falls from favor, however, because he refuses to support the Emperor's desire to enslave the Blefuscudians and because he "makes water" to put out a palace fire. Gulliver flees to Blefuscu, where he converts a large warship lkto his own use and sets sail from Blefuscu eventually to be rescued at sea by an English merchant ship and returned to his home in England.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This classic left a bad taste in my mouth. Gulliver's experiences began as interesting and engaging, but became weird. He continually chose to leave his wife and children and travel the seas for years at a time. Then, after living a year or so with a population of anthropomorphized horses, he decides that humans are savages and only the horse creatures are worthy. He wants to spend the remainder of his life with them . . . instead of his own family and friends. He winds up going home, but is "disgusted" by the people around him because they are unlike the horse creatures. The change in this character does not seem to me to be "character development," but more of a regression!

[Chan Enya]

Although this book is just a story, but I really felt excited when I was reading it.Just because one reason — there are different feeling in the story , and I really can’t guess what will happen later on.
This story is about a Gulliver first go off to the sea , he has no idea of the amazing world that he will visit —All the incredible adventures that it’s waiting him here. Travel with Gulliver over to a flying Island ,a land which is full of tiny people ,a world which is ruled by horses,and more...

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reads like a captains log, its very interesting the kind of creative ideas existed before technology; the kinds of fantasies people were capable of having before the rise of automation and artificial intelligence. Super old English but entertaining, not too drawn out and overly detailed. The last portion took a strange turn and had a racist vibe with the darker skinned "Yahoo's" but in the end he couldnt talk to or respect any human including his family. Lots of political and social themes about being an outsider with and without power and learning new philosophies of life.

[Adhrit Pradeep · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift Genre: Classic Rating: 5/5

Gulliver, the surgeon of a ship, embarks on his remarkable, long journey when he lands on the shores of Liliput and is bound by little people. From here, he is captured by giants, delivered to a land of great mathematicians, and taken to a country where humans called Yahoos are made to service by horses. Does he return home?

I recommend this book to classic enthusiasts!

[Jannah mohamed · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were parts of the story I enjoyed reading and parts that I didn't enjoy. I felt the beginning wasn't very good, but the story got more interesting as I continued to read. While parts of it were interesting I don't believe it's a book I would want to reread. As a whole, it wasn't as enjoyable as I thought it would have been.

[Pavithra Suresh · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book doesn’t have a very good story. The plot isn’t very interesting. It would have been better if they explained it thoroughly. I originally thought that Gulliver was a giant, but it turns out to be something totally different. That is something I liked. The queen’s character has been written nicely.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

While not a pleasure to read, Gullivers Travels did succeed in inspiring me to know more. Such as… What is the point of such a book? What does the author want me to think? Why create such fantastical, outlandish plots? A little background knowledge of Swift after reading this abridged classic helped me to understand.

[Oliwia · Rating 1 out of 5]

bro thinks he's a Duolingo and Columbus

Swift was on something while writing this i'm telling yall. he's like another Adam Mickiewicz, he wrote boring descriptions of boring things that i literally don't give a f*ck

this book sucks, i had to read it for my uni studies and couldn't finish coz it was boring af wtf

[Cathy Wang · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gulliver’s Travels is by Martin Woodside, a poor person have a chance to go to some magic place, that funny, but also have some meaning. This travel is a very meaningful travel for Gulliver, he known he should keep working, because the life of now is really nice.

[Sandy Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this a chapter a night to Reagan and it felt like we were reading it forever, but that’s probably because she spent so much time at her grandma’s this summer. I enjoyed the stories, but I think Reagan was a little bored. She wanted to finish it though.

[Hüseyin BABAL]

I like to dream a lot especially before sleep :) The content of those dream are mostly related to travelling. I really like this book since, the author is very open minded even he lived more than 200 years ago.

[anto]

“I will say no more. Clearly, there is no hope for human beings. I was stupid to think that I could bring reason and truth into their lives and thoughts. Humans are all Yahoos, and Yahoos they will remain.”
la verdad lei esto por el colegio pero me gusto y lo encontré entretenido 🤔🤔