Gulliver's Travels: Into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts

Gullivers Travels published first in 1726 and again in 1735 is the most well-known work of Irish satirist Jonathan Swift. It is the story of Lemuel Gulliver who captains a ship and sails the world stopping in odd locations (such as Lilliput Brobdingnag and Glubbdubdrib) and getting into all sorts of trouble. During his adventures he is held captive by a tiny race of people no taller than six inches becomes an exhibition for giants and meets a race of horses (Houyhnhnms) who rule humans (Yahoos). The entire work is a parody of the travel genre of literature (which was immensely popular at the time) and a satire on human nature in general. This classic which includes all four of Gullivers adventures is a delight for readers young and old. JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745) was an Irish poet essayist satirist political pamphleteer (for both Whigs and Tories) and cleric. Swift is the most well-known prose satirist in the English language renowned for his works Gullivers Travels A Tale of a Tub and An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity among others. He was a master of two styles of satire: Horatian and Juvenalian and originally published all his works under pseudonyms.