Gulliver's Travels
A parody of traveler’s tales and a satire of human nature, “Gulliver’s Travels” is Jonathan Swift’s most famous work which was first published in 1726. An immensely popular tale ever since its original publication, “Gulliver’s Travels” is the story of its titular character, Lemuel Gulliver, a man who loves to travel. A series of four journeys are detailed in which Gulliver finds himself in a number of amusing and precarious situations. In the first voyage, Gulliver is imprisoned by a race of tiny people, the Lilliputians, when following a shipwreck he is washed upon the shores of their island country. In his second voyage Gulliver finds himself abandoned in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, where he is exhibited for their amusement. In his third voyage, Gulliver once again finds himself marooned; fortunately he is rescued by the flying island of Laputa, a kingdom devoted to the arts of music and mathematics. He subsequently travels to the surrounding lands of Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan. Finally in his last voyage, when he is set adrift by a mutinous crew, he finds himself in the curious Country of the Houyhnhnms. Through the various experiences of Gulliver, Swift br
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A ship's surgeon survives a shipwreck onto an island of six-inch people, then a country of giants, then a flying island of distracted philosophers, then a land where rational horses rule over filthy humans.
Yes. Gulliver's Travels was first published in 1726 and is in the public domain. Free editions are available legally through Project Gutenberg, Standard Ebooks, and similar archives.
Children's editions abridge the book to focus on Lilliput and Brobdingnag. The full novel includes harsher political satire and dark sections (especially the Yahoos in Part Four) that are not aimed at children. The unabridged version is best for readers 14 and up.
Gulliver's Travels was written by Jonathan Swift, published in 1726 by Can.
Gulliver's Travels is 278 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Gulliver's Travels takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.
Gulliver's Travels is a standalone novel by Jonathan Swift, not part of a series.
Gulliver's Travels is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
