Jonathan Swift
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Gulliver's Travels tells of the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an Englishman and ship's surgeon, who travels to the "several remote nations of the world." In the beginning, he becomes shipwrecked in the land of Lilliput, where the distressed inhabitants are only six inches tall. His second voyage takes him to Brobdingnag, where lives a race of giants. At Glubdubdrib, the Island of Sorcerers, he speaks with great men of the past and learns from...
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Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
1995.
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English
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Brought together here in this volume is a classic collection of satirical works from Jonathan Swift, perhaps one of the greatest satirist in the English language. While Swift is probably best known for his novel "Gulliver's Travels", he was a brilliant satirist with a cutting wit and mastery of language. His skills with the pen, which made him both famous and feared by the powerful, can be seen in "A Modest Proposal". Swift's famous essay, originally...
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Dover
Pub. Date
1996.
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English
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Treasury of five shorter works by the author of Gulliver's Travels offers ample evidence of the great satirist's inspired lampoonery. Title piece plus The Battle of the Books, A Meditation Upon a Broom-Stick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit and The Abolishing of Christianity in England.
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Modern library of the world's best books volume 100
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Modern Library
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[1958]
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English
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When a shipwreck lands a lowly mailroom clerk named Gulliver on the fantastical island of Lilliput, he transforms into a giant, in size and ego! Gulliver's tall tales and heroic deeds win the hearts of the tiny Lilliputians, but when he loses it all and puts his newfound friends in peril, Gulliver must find a way to undo the damage. Through it all, Gulliver may just learn that it's how big you are on the inside that counts.
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"El gran clásico de la literatura en una nueva edición adaptada e ilustrada. Gulliver es un apasionado de los viajes. En su afán por descubrir mundo, vivirá grandes aventuras que lo llevarán a lugares extraordinarios donde conocerá a los seres más insólitos: los minúsculos liliputienses, los gigantes de Brobdingnag, unos sabios insensatos que viven en una isla voladora y unos seres que, sin serlo, son de lo más humanos"--