Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Classics)
by Jonathan Swift
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Author: Jonathan SwiftContributor: Robert DeMaria
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-02-25
ISBN: 0141439491
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: a thriller of the age
Summary: 4 Stars
This is quite a fun 'novel', but I'm not wowed by it. It can be viewed as a travel book, an adventure story, a spoof travel book, and even a momentous political satire.
Gulliver is an impulsive man who can't resist the calling of the seas and foreign lands. He is quickly lured away from his comfortable homelife by a desire to explore, and that he does, in a big way.
His travels are effectively logged in separate books, each one describing a different kingdom or country, its inhabitants, its manners. Lilliput has tiny people, Brobdingnag has huge people, Laputa is a floating island, Houynhnmland has horses with great virtues. The characters are wonderfully drawn, and Gulliver has a great talent for the languages of each land.
The book works to enlarge humankind to a vulgar degree, belittle it by shrinking, and make vices look absurd. It's not seriously clever, but it is fun.
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