Gulliver's Travels

by Swift, Jonathan; Rogers, Pat

• ISBN13: 9780679405450
• ISBN10: 0679405453
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-11-26
• Publisher: Everyman's Library

Summary

Introduction by Pat Rogers

Author Biography

Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1667, where he lived for much of his life. He was well known for writing satires and political pamphlets. In 1726, Swift published Gulliver's Travels anonymously and it was an immediate hit, reprinting three times that year. Although Gulliver's Travels was written as a satire of human pride, not as a children's book, it has long been considered a classic for young readers. Jonathan Swift died on October 19, 1745.



From the Trade Paperback edition.

Table of Contents

A Voyage to Lilliput
Gulliver Is Shipwrecked and Made a Prisoner	p. 1
The Emperor of Lilliput	p. 18
Gulliver at the Court of Lilliput	p. 34
The Emperor's Palace and His Principal Secretary	p. 45
Gulliver Prevents an Invasion of Lilliput	p. 53
Lilliput's Laws, Customs, and Educational Methods	p. 61
Escape to Blefuscu	p. 74
Gulliver Returns to His Native Country	p. 84
A Voyage to Brobdingnag
Gulliver Is Captured by a Native	p. 97
Gulliver Is Taken to the City	p. 113
The Queen Buys Gulliver from the Farmer	p. 123
Gulliver Shows His Skill in Navigation	p. 139
Gulliver Amuses the King and Queen	p. 158
Gulliver Returns to England	p. 172
Voyages to Laputa and the Country of the Houyhnhnms
A Flying Island	p. 193
Laputa and Its People	p. 203
The Grand Academy at Lagado	p. 220
The Land of Magic-Japan-Then Home	p. 238
The Houyhnhnms' Country	p. 255
Gulliver Understands the Speech of the Master Horse	p. 276
Gulliver Discusses England and Makes Observations on the Houyhnhnms	p. 293
Gulliver Is Forced to Return Home	p. 311
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