Originally titled 'Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World', Gulliver's Travels has been enjoyed as both a tale of adventure and celebrated satire. Lemuel Gulliver wakes from a shipwreck to find himself on the island of Lilliput - a strange land populated by tiny people. Over the next three[...]
What is the nature, essence and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting considered to be taboo? Swift's "The Benefit of Farting" argues eloquently, in a forceful and posteriori fashion, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fai[...]
Shipwrecked on an unknown island, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself surrounded by its six-inch natives, the Lilliputians. But this is only the first in a long line of wonderful discoveries, as his adventures take him to other far-off lands such as Brobdingnag, populated by a race of giants, Lugg[...]
A tongue-in-cheek manual on how servants should cope with the demands of their masters and perform their tasks in ways that will best satisfy their indolence, wastefulness and greed, Directions to Servants takes a caustic and irreverent look at master-servant relations.[...]
Swift's satire uses a literal epic battle between books to explore the debates of his time among authors, and between authors and critics Inspired by Boileau's "Lutrin "and illustrating the debate within European intellectual circles between the "Ancients," who argued that all essential knowledge wa[...]
One in a new series of fiction titles, each of them written by a master storyteller. Great writing, great entertainment and exceptional value.[...]
Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal). As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably[...]
Uses the narrative of a mock travel writer to explore exotic and imaginary locations. This book mounts a scathing attack on the morals, politics and learning of the 18th century, culminating in possibly the greatest satire ever written: the story of the Houyhnhnms.[...]
Jonathan Swift's masterpiece is the finest satire in the English language. Shipwrecked traveler Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed ashore in Lilliput, a kingdom populated by tiny people. Fascinated by their exotic visitor, the Lilliputians enlist Gulliver's services in their bitter civil war. But [...]
This work takes readers to Lillput and beyond! Ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver's mishaps and adventures just get stranger and stranger! Gasp at folks with wild philosophies and even more intriguing statures in this beautifully illustrated retelling of the original parody of the journey novel. Origina[...]
Lemuel Gulliver always dreamed of traveling the world. But when a violent storm claims his ship and casts him adrift among uncharted lands, he is taken to places that he could not even dream of. Traveling to the nation of Lilliput, where the inhabitants measure just centimeters tall, and to Brobding[...]
»Min far hade en liten egendom i Nottinghamshire, och jag var den tredje i raden av fem söner.«När den kvicke och satiriske domprosten Jonathan Swift (1667?1745) gav ut Gullivers resor (1726) kunde han knappast ana att detta verk skulle bli en av de största succéer som någonsin hade legat på[...]
Den klassiska berättelsen om skeppsläkaren Gulliver. I maj 1699 seglar han med skeppet Antilopen på Stilla havet. På väg mot Australien fångas skeppet av en våldsam storm som krossar det mot klipporna.
Gulliver lyckas utmattad ta sig i land på en strand. När han vaknar upp är ha[...]
Gulliver?s Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the ?travellers? tales? literary sub-genre. It is widely considered Swift?s magnum opus and is his most celebrated [...]
Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatten up their children and sell them to the rich (Protestant) land owners, thus solving the twin problems of starving children and poverty in one blow. When the ?[...]
Paperback with 208 Pages of Additional Content (Summaries, Critical Notes, Glossary, Exercises, and more)
Gulliver's Travels of the Ratna Sagar Classics Series is an enriched edition that any keen reader of literature will be pleased to have. This classic is divided into two books, each carrying[...]
Paperback with 208 Pages of Additional Content (Summaries, Critical Notes, Glossary, Exercises, and more)
Gulliver's Travels of the Ratna Sagar Classics Series is an enriched edition that any keen reader of literature will be pleased to have. This classic is divided into two books, each carrying[...]
Satukirjoistakin tutut Gulliverin matkakertomukset ovat alkuperäisessä muodossaan kaikkea muuta kuin lastenkirjallisuutta; ne ovat terävää satiiria politiikasta, uskonnosta ja ihmisluonnosta, sen omahyväisyydestä ja suuruudenhulluudesta.Kirja sisältää neljä kiehtovaa kertomusta Kapteeni L[...]
Designed to lead the student through the process of studying, writing and achieving at Master's level, this title intends to demystify the process by tackling those issues students find difficult. It is based on practical guidance and takes a commonsense approach to studying and writing at this leve[...]
From the master of satire, Jonathan Swift, comes a collection of his classic satirical works. "A Modest Proposal and Other Satires" includes the following works: A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against the Abolishment of Christianity, A Modest Proposal, A True and Faithful Narr[...]