Gulliver's Travels

by Swift, Jonathan; Damrosch, Leo

• ISBN13: 9780451527325
• ISBN10: 0451527321
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Signet Classics

Summary

Through a series of shipwrecks and misguided voyages, Gulliver is captured by miniature people who wage war because of a religious disagreement over how to crack eggs; is sexually assaulted by giants; visits a floating island; and decides that the society of horses is better than that of his fellow man. Tough, filthy, and incisive, this playful satire addresses-among other topics-politics, religion, and society is presented here in its unexpurgated entirety. Also included is Alexander Pope's "Verses on Gulliver's Travels," which he wrote for his friend Swift and which were included in very early editions of the book.

Author Biography

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), a poet, satirist, and clergyman, published many satirical works, among them A Modest Proposal.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. vi
Introduction	p. ix
Note on the Text	p. xxvii
Select Bibliography	p. xxviii
A Chronology of Jonathan Swift	p. xxx
Advertisement	p. xxxii
A Letter from Capt. Gulliver, to His Cousin Sympson	p. xxxiii
The Publisher to the Reader	p. xxxvii
A Voyage to Lilliput	p. 3
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A Voyage to Brobdingnag	p. 69
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A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan	p. 141
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A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms	p. 211
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Explanatory Notes	p. 289
A Selection of Oxford World's Classics	p. 373
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