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Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels By Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift


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Jonathan Swifts inimitable satire accompanied by the timeless illustrations of Arthur Rackham

Gulliver's Travels Summary

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

The misadventures of Lemuel Gulliver certainly are extraordinary. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag, where the people are giants of extraordinary proportions. Further exploits see him stranded with the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, and meeting a race of talking horses who rule over bestial humans.

One of the finest satires in the English language, Gullivers Travels delights in the mockery of everything from government to religion and despite the passing of nearly three centuries remains just as funny and relevant today.

This gorgeous Macmillan Collectors Library edition of Jonathan Swift's Gullivers Travels features the beautiful artwork of the celebrated English illustrator Arthur Rackham, and an afterword by author and critic, Henry Hitchings.

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collectors Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collectors Library are books to love and treasure.

About Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin in 1667. He spent most of his childhood in Ireland until, aged twenty-one, he moved to England, where he found employment as secretary to the diplomat Sir William Temple. On Temples death in 1699, Swift returned to Dublin to pursue a career in the Church. By this time he was also publishing in a variety of genres, and between 1704 and 1729 he produced a string of brilliant satires, of which Gullivers Travels and A Modest Proposal are the best known. Between 1713 and 1742 he was Dean of St Patricks Cathedral, Dublin, and he was buried there upon his death in 1745.

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NGR9781509843213
9781509843213
1509843213
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
New
Hardback
Pan Macmillan
2017-10-19
408
N/A
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