About the book
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.
Editions of Gulliver's Travels
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780141196640
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780140430226
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780140437348
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780141439495
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Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Gulliver's Travels about?
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Gulliver's Travels?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Gulliver's Travels?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780141196640
Is Gulliver's Travels part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Penguin Clothbound Classics
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Gulliver's Travels?
Jonathan Swift, Robert DeMaria
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Gulliver's Travels is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780141196640) and paperback(ISBN 9780140430226) and paperback(ISBN 9780140437348) and paperback(ISBN 9780141439495)
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