Gulliver's Travels (Includes CD)

Author: Swift
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Gulliver's Travels is the masterpiece of Swift, a book that far exceeds the scope of "children's literature." The entire work consists of four parts: "Lilliputian Journey," "Brobdignagian Journey," "Flying Island Journey," and "Houyhnhnms' Journey." The travels are a scathing and comprehensive critique of British society in the first half of the 18th century, particularly exposing and mercilessly condemning the corruption, boredom, cruelty, debauchery, greed, and arrogance of the rulers. This critical voice reaches a sharp and extreme level in the Houyhnhnms' Journey. Swift directs his directly at the entire sinful, foolish, and irrational human race, with the horse-riding Houyhnhnms representing his ideal utopia.