Book · 1726 · Fiction

Gulliver's Travels

Name: Gulliver's Travels
Author: Jonathan Swift

Norton · 511 pages

★ 8.2 editorial score

Swift's ship's surgeon washes up among people six inches tall, then among giants, then among rational horses who find humans repulsive. Each voyage is funnier than the last and angrier about us.

Genre

Satire Parody Adventure Fantasy

Medium

Novel

Subject

Human nature Individual vs. society Cultural differences Shipwreck

Time

1726Depicts Age of EnlightenmentDepicts 18th century

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