This edition had all images removed.
Title: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Note: This is an abridged, school edition.
Note: With 38 illustrations and a map.
Note: Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits: Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical novel written in the early 18th century." The book follows the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon whose travels take him to strange and fantastical lands, including the diminutive inhabitants of Lilliput and the giant inhabitants of Brobdingnag. Through his encounters with these societies, Swift explores themes of human nature, politics, and the absurdities of life, often with sharp humor and insight. "At the start of the story, Gulliver introduces himself and recounts his background, detailing his education and formative experiences at sea." He describes how he becomes shipwrecked and washes ashore in Lilliput, a land inhabited by tiny people who quickly capture him. Initially confused and overwhelmed by their shrunken world, Gulliver finds himself bound by their inhabitants, who are as astonished by him as he is by them. Soon, the emperor and his court become intrigued by Gulliver, prompting a series of comedic and politically charged incidents as he navigates the complexities of Lilliputian society while pondering deeper truths about his own world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Editor: Balliet, Thomas M. (Thomas Minard), 1852-1942
EBook No.: 17157
Published: Nov 26, 2005
Downloads: 2431
Language: English
Subject: Fantasy fiction
Subject: Satire
Subject: Travelers -- Fiction
Subject: Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject: Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Note: This is an abridged, school edition.
Note: With 38 illustrations and a map.
Note: Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits: Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical novel written in the early 18th century." The book follows the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon whose travels take him to strange and fantastical lands, including the diminutive inhabitants of Lilliput and the giant inhabitants of Brobdingnag. Through his encounters with these societies, Swift explores themes of human nature, politics, and the absurdities of life, often with sharp humor and insight. "At the start of the story, Gulliver introduces himself and recounts his background, detailing his education and formative experiences at sea." He describes how he becomes shipwrecked and washes ashore in Lilliput, a land inhabited by tiny people who quickly capture him. Initially confused and overwhelmed by their shrunken world, Gulliver finds himself bound by their inhabitants, who are as astonished by him as he is by them. Soon, the emperor and his court become intrigued by Gulliver, prompting a series of comedic and politically charged incidents as he navigates the complexities of Lilliputian society while pondering deeper truths about his own world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Editor: Balliet, Thomas M. (Thomas Minard), 1852-1942
EBook No.: 17157
Published: Nov 26, 2005
Downloads: 2431
Language: English
Subject: Fantasy fiction
Subject: Satire
Subject: Travelers -- Fiction
Subject: Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject: Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.