Gulliver's Travels: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Gulliver's Travels is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745).

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"Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical novel published in 1726. Ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver embarks on extraordinary voyages to remote lands inhabited by bizarre civilizations—from tiny Lilliputians embroiled in petty disputes to giant Brobdingnagians who mock European customs, from impractical floating intellectuals to rational horses living among savage human-like creatures. Through these strange encounters, Swift crafts a biting satire of human nature, society, and politics that transformed a seemingly whimsical adventure into one of literature's most enduring critiques of civilization itself.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Gulliver's Travels
• Author credits: Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745)
• Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

• Fantasy fiction
• Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Satire
• Travelers -- Fiction
• Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800

Gutenberg collections

• Category: Adventure
• Category: British Literature
• Category: Classics of Literature
• Category: Novels
• Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

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