Gulliver's Travels

A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society. Nominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSs The Great American Read. Gullivers Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver a ships surgeon. In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a god. However in Brobdingnag a land of giants tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. In Laputa a flying island he encounters a society of speculators and projectors who have lost all grip on everyday reality; while they plan and calculate their country lies in ruins. Gullivers final voyage takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms gentle horses whom he quickly comes to admire - in contrast to the Yahoos filthy bestial creatures who bear a disturbing resemblance to humans.