Gulliver's Travels
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- May 31, 2022
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A beloved work of fantasy and satire, Gulliver’s Travels recounts the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver in bizarre worlds. He encounters men only six inches tall, giants, the flying islands of Laputa, and talking horses called Houyhnhnms. Through these encounters, Swift satirizes many elements of human nature: whether might actually make right, how individuality cannot survive in a collective “utopian” society, and how the pursuit of knowledge above all else can cause more harm than good. Gulliver’s Travels was beloved and hated after publication. One critic called it blasphemous for its cynical depiction of humanity. Yet this is exactly what Swift wanted. He wrote Gulliver’s Travels, “To vex the world rather than divert it”.
Publication
Author - Jonathan Swift
Country - England
Language - English
Genre - Satire, Fantasy
Publication date - 1726
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