Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Shipwrecked traveler Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed ashore in Lilliput, a kingdom populated by tiny people. Fascinated by their exotic visitor, the Lilliputians enlist Gulliver’s services in their bitter civil war. But Gulliver becomes the object of a court intrigue and has to make a hasty escape. On his next voyage, his ship is blown off course to Brobdingnag, whose giant inhabitants strike him as horrific and occasionally revolting. A third journey takes him to Laputa, a floating island occupied by pedantic scientists and philosophers. Finally, he encounters a society of rational horses, the Houyhnhnms, and witnesses the appalling behaviour of their servants the Yahoos, a group who are in many ways disturbingly similar to Man at his most bestial. Swift’s brilliantly original story is a timeless portrait of the human condition in all its misery and majesty. This 1988 Marshall Cavendish Hardback is in good condition. Ex Library; No DJ As Issued. Ex library. Library stamps and inserts on page edges and inside front and back cover.

ISBN: 9780863077128 SKU: 1572603 This image is of the actual book.

Location: Classics