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Gulliver's Travels and a Modest Proposal Mass market paperbound - 2005

by Jonathan Swift

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By turns a children's fantasy and a social satire for adults, Gulliver's Travels is one of the most popular adventure tales of all time.

Gulliver's Travels describes the four fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a kindly ship's surgeon. Swift portrays him as an observer, a reporter, and a victim of circumstance. His travels take him to Lilliput where he is a giant observing tiny people. In Brobdingnag, the tables are reversed and he is the tiny person in a land of giants where he is exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. The flying island of Laputa is the scene of his next voyage. The people plan and plot as their country lies in ruins. It is a world of illusion and distorted values. The fourth and final voyage takes him to the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses who rule the land. He also encounters Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who resemble humans.

This edition includes:
-A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
-A chronology of the author's life and work
-A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
-An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
-Detailed explanatory notes
-Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
-Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
-A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.

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MY FATHER HAD a small state in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons.

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  • Title Gulliver's Travels and a Modest Proposal
  • Author Jonathan Swift
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Publication date July 26, 2005
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781416500391 / 1416500391
  • Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.91 x 4.27 x 1.11 in (17.55 x 10.85 x 2.82 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Travelers
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Ingram Paperback Advance, 07/01/2005, Page 62

About the author

Jonathan Swift was born of English descent in Dublin, Ireland in 1667. He went to school at Trinity College in Ireland, before moving to England at the age of 22. After a short stint in the Anglican Church, he began his career as a writer, satirizing religious, political, and educational institutions.

He wrote in defense of the Irish people, especially in his A Modest Proposal, which made him a champion of his people. His most famous work is Gulliver's Travels which was published anonymously in 1726.

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