by Jonathan Swift · ISBN 9781409311270
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Lemuel Gulliver's adventures take him to fantastic lands and precarious situations. First, he is captured by the tiny Lilliputians after a shipwreck. Then, he finds himself abandoned in Brobdingnag, a land of giants where he is exhibited. Later, he is rescued by the flying island of Laputa, a kingdom dedicated to music and mathematics, and travels to Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan. Finally, he arrives in the country of the Houyhnhnms. Through these journeys, Swift satirizes the politics and culture of his time, creating a lasting fantasy tale.
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and world literature.
