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Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships

FantasyNautical FictionPolitical SatireMenippean satire

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About “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships”

Gulliver's Travels is a 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman. The full title is Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships. The book is a satirical prose novel that critiques human nature and the literary subgenre of "travellers' tales." It introduced the fictional island of Lilliput and became one of the most famous works in English and world literature. The poet John Gay noted that the book was widely read across different audiences. The novel has been adapted into various forms, including theatre, film, television, and radio. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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1726
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1726 · ISBN 9780141439495

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