Gulliver's Travels

By: Unknown Author

Book Overview

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a satirical adventure novel that follows Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, on four fantastical voyages.

In Lilliput, he encounters tiny people whose petty politics mirror human folly.In Brobdingnag, a land of giants, Gulliver himself is small and comes under scrutiny, exposing the flaws of European society.In Laputa and other islands, he meets impractical scientists and philosophers obsessed with abstract theories.Finally, in the land of the Houyhnhnms, rational horses rule while the brutish, human-like Yahoos serve them, forcing Gulliver to confront the darker side of humanity.

Through satire, Swift critiques pride, corruption, and the flaws of human nature, making the novel both a sharp political commentary and a timeless work of imaginative literature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FX3J919L
• ISBN13: 9798897187584
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Lushena Books
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A closet libertarian.

It is not Jonathan Swift’s fault that the writing is archaic. This may be overlooked if it were not so redundant and trivial. It can easily put you to sleep. We all know that these stories are supposed to be a thin veil for an agenda. Everyone from H. G. Wells to Ayn Rand hit you over the head with their agenda from the first. But no, Jonathan rattles with 10 pages to describe what is in his pockets, including his hidden pocket. (Who Cares?) And the book is filled with mundane descriptions. I think he is using this to flesh out what would be a 25-page manifesto. It is not until you get halfway through the book that, except for a few snide remarks about kings, he finally coughs up his point. “…, Whether a private man’s house might not be better defended by himself, his children, and family, than by half-a-dozen rascals, picked up at a venture in the streets for small wages, who might get a hundred times more by cutting their throats?” He goes on to pick on just about all the politics and ventures of England at the time. Paranoid readers can see the parallels between the book and today’s news. However, if it is that important, then dump Swift and just watch the news. Anyhow, it is not worth the time to read this book unless you are interested in someone who defecates at the end of his chain and tells about it in detail.