Project Gutenberg 2010-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 89 Pain, Barry 1864 1928 Pain, Barry Eric Odell The New Gulliver, and Other Stories The new Gulliver -- In a London garden -- Zero -- When I was king -- The satyr -- The choice -- The piano-tuner -- The pearls and the swine. Produced by Christine Bell and Marc D'Hooghe "The New Gulliver, and Other Stories" by Barry Pain is a collection of fictional narratives likely written in the late 19th century. The stories explore themes of adventure, society, and the human experience, centering on the character Lemuel Gulliver, junior, who embarks on a journey filled with fantastical encounters in an island that challenges his perceptions of civilization. At the start of the tale, Gulliver, a shipwrecked mariner, finds himself washed ashore on the mysterious Island of Thule. His initial encounter with a peculiar humanoid being, who introduces him to the island's unique societal structure, sets the stage for his exploration of a civilization that has evolved in bizarre and unconventional ways. As Gulliver navigates his new surroundings, he learns about the inhabitants' bizarre customs, such as their complete abolition of sex and reliance on pills for nourishment, raising questions about the implications of their highly controlled and sterile society. The narrative develops into a compelling commentary on the nature of progress, the implications of a class-based society, and the existential challenges faced by the characters intertwined in this strange world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Short stories, English PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 346771 346827 2024-09-14T07:48:56.989293 2023-09-14T12:22:09.966986 text/html text/html 326916 2024-03-23T15:32:08 text/html 189841 2024-09-14T07:49:02.778198 application/epub+zip 193818 2024-09-14T07:48:58.493219 application/epub+zip 193818 2024-09-14T07:48:57.586249 application/epub+zip 362885 2024-09-14T07:49:06.086191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348508 2024-09-14T07:49:02.166173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348736 2022-09-15T10:28:09.587184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333398 333558 2024-09-14T07:48:56.353246 2023-09-14T12:22:09.373000 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 313600 2024-03-23T16:20:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16181 2024-09-14T07:49:06.214193 application/rdf+xml 13257 2024-09-14T07:48:57.947218 image/jpeg 3243 2024-09-14T07:48:57.765204 image/jpeg 188423 2024-09-14T07:48:57.023221 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia