Description
Gulliver's Travels (1726) is one of the most compelling satires ever written, rated by George Orwell among the six most indispensable books in world literature. Lemuel Gulliver's adventures in Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and in the country of the Houyhnhnms exposes the absurdity and hypocrisy of intellectuals and governments the world over.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
338 pages
Language
English
Published
Mar 9, 2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Editions
1183 editions
ISBN-10
0192100378
ISBN-13
9780192100375
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A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society.Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
March 12th 2026
I personally did not like this book. I guess I just don't like the style of the 1700s. The story, had it been written in another way, would have been amusing.
May 18th 2025
