Gulliver's Travels (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Jonathan Swift
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Through these interesting stories, the author satirizes various flaws of British society at the time, such as the intrigue among politicians and the insatiable greed of the rich. Readers not only marvel at the author's whimsical imagination but also gain a general understanding of the state of Britain then. Jonathan Swift is one of the most renowned writers in British literary history, and Gulliver's Travels is his masterpiece. With extraordinary imagination, the author describes the myriad bizarre things Gulliver encounters while traveling to places like "Lilliput," "Brobdignag," and "Houyhnhnms." For instance, in "Lilliput," he can playfully arrange people from the king to the commoners in his palm; in "Brobdignag," he is restricted and controlled as if he were an infant; and in "Houyhnhnms," horses become symbols of wisdom, while humans are deemed lower creatures.