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Author name: Jonathan Swift

: Gulliver's Travels (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics)
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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.5
EAN num: 9781593080570
ISBN number: 1593080573
Label: Barnes & Noble Classics
Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble Classics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: October 01, 2003
Publishing house: Barnes & Noble Classics
Sale Popularity Level: 145161
Studio: Barnes & Noble Classics



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Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
 
Considered the greatest satire ever written in English, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels chronicles the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, principally to four marvelous realms: Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land inhabited by giants; Laputa, a wondrous flying island; and a country where the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, are served by savage humanoid creatures called Yahoos.

Beneath the surface of this enchanting fantasy lurks a devastating critique of human malevolence, stupidity, greed, vanity, and short-sightedness. A brilliant combination of adventure, humor, and philosophy, Gulliver’s Travels is one of literature’s most durable masterpieces.
Michael Seidel is Jesse and George Siegel Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He has written widely on eighteenth-century literature. His books include Satiric Inheritance: Rabelais to Sterne (1979), Exile and the Narrative Imagination (1986), and Robinson Crusoe: Island Myths and the Novel (1991).





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User popularity level: out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - An adventure that both entertains and makes you think.
What a wonderful book! Swift is the delightful kind of author that can combine humor, fantasy, and thought-provoking satire in a truly tongue-in-cheek book. And yet, it is more serious than that. A book that is both serious and whimsical at the same time. Go figure. I realize this is not the kind of book that will attract everyone, but those who read it with an open mind and maybe some knowledge of the time period will be in for a real treat. Heck, they don't even need the background knowledge. There is a reason that this book is a favorite of children as well as adults.

Gulliver is a ship surgeon who truly cannot seem to stay out of trouble. Every voyage he takes leads to disaster and the discovery of some impossible land: the miniature citizens of Lilliput, the giants of an unpronouncable names, the 1984 forerunners of Laputa, and the utopia of sentient horses.

These are all charming places, full of fantasy and flaws that are enjoyable to read. This is what attracts the kids and, hey, the adults.

Yes, the book is talky, but that is what makes it so charming. This is not so much a novel as it is an account--if you were telling about it, you would probably narrate the entire thing yourself, as well. To me, it makes it slightly less unbelievable.

Despite all the fantasy, Swift uses the book to poke fun at the lifestyle--frankly, I find its observations on human nature timeless.

I'm sorry, those without the patience to read, but here is another reason why we have the classics.


Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Beautiful Edition
There is no need for me to go into what a marvelous and timeless classic "Guliver's Travels" is. The satire, while nearly 300 hundred years old, is as fresh yesterday as it was in the 1720s.

What I will say about this particular edition is that it is very beautifully done. (If you can get the hardcover edition instead of the softcover, all the better.) The typeset, colour engravings and supplemental material in the appendices add up to an excellent edition of this classic. I highly recommend it either as a gift or as a copy for your own library.


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