Gulliver's Travels

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Penguin UK, 26 d’abr. 2012 - 352 pàgines

With an essay by George Orwell.

'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half a Mile distant'

A savage and hilarious satire, Gulliver's Travels sees Lemuel Gulliver shipwrecked and adrift, subject to bizarre and unnerving encounters with, among others, quarrelling Lilliputians, philosophizing horses and the brutish Yahoo tribe, that change his view of humanity - and himself - for ever. Swift's classic of 1726 portrays mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with a comical yet uncompromising reflection of ourselves.

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A Letter from Captain Gulliver PART ONE A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT
The Author gives some Account of himself and Family 2 The Emperor of Lilliput attendedby several of the Nobility 3 The Author diverts the Emper...
The Author by an extraordinary Stratagem prevents an Invasion 6 Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput
The Author being informed of aDesign to accuse him of High Treason 8 The Author by alucky Accident finds Meansto leave Blefuscu PARTTWO ...
A VOYAGE TO LAPUTA BALNIBARBI LUGGNAGG GLUBBDUBDRIB
TheHumours and Dispositionsof theLaputiansdescribed
The Author sets out as Captain of a Ship
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Sobre l'autor (2012)

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) somehow managed to balance his role as Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin with being one of the most effective, disgusted and ferocious satirists in the English language. Gulliver's Travels is both a parody of what Swift viewed as the ridiculously contrived exotic travel genre pioneered by writers such as Captain William Dampier and an incomparably vivid and funny narrative that lies at the very heart of early English fiction.

Informació bibliogràfica

TítolGulliver's Travels
The Penguin English Library
AutorJonathan Swift
EditorPenguin UK, 2012
ISBN0141973897, 9780141973890
Nre. de pàgines352 pàgines
  
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