Gulliver's Travels ()

Author: (English) Swift
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Phonetic edition of literary classics for primary school students, accompanied by a CD-ROM with engaging introductions by "Aunt Juying." This is a highly entertaining fairy tale book that tells the extraordinary adventures of a British man named Gulliver who travels to Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the Flying Islands, and the Land of the Horses. Gulliver suffers a shipwreck on his second voyage and is stranded in Lilliput. Here, two Lilliputian kingdoms are at war over whether to hit the big end or the small end of an egg to determine who should eat it. Gulliver helps one of the kingdoms win the war, but he is nearly killed by the Lilliputians afterward. Fortunately, he manages to escape thanks to his wit. Later, Gulliver is captured by a farmer in Brobdingnag. The greedy farmer, in his pursuit of profit, forces Gulliver to perform endlessly without rest. Gulliver is saved from death only when he catches the attention of the Queen of Brobdingnag. In his two subsequent voyages, Gulliver visits the Flying Islands and the Land of the Horses, experiencing different adventures and. Reading Gulliver's Travels, children will embark on a colorful and fairy-tale-like fantasy world. The author uses the exaggerated techniques of comics to create a series of lively, adorable, or repulsive and bizarre characters. The entire book is very vivid and entertaining. Children, let's join Gulliver on a journey through the fairy-tale world in this book!