Gulliver's Travels
A parody of traveler’s tales and a satire of human nature, “Gulliver’s Travels” is Jonathan Swift’s most famous work which was first published in 1726. An immensely popular tale ever since its original publication, “Gulliver’s Travels” is the story of its titular character, Lemuel Gulliver, a man who loves to travel. A series of four journeys are detailed in which Gulliver finds himself in a number of amusing and precarious situations. In the first voyage, Gulliver is imprisoned by a race of tin
ISBN: 9780460000604
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Alice Walker
Author"I was 11 when I read it and it encouraged me to believe the world was large, fascinating, and with incredibly interesting creatures in it! And I have discovered this to be true! So when I fall in love, for instance, it is never an impediment that the object of my affections might be, or seem to others to be, odd."
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Science & Research"Gulliver's Travels by Swift, to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos."
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Winston Churchill
Politics & Government"One of the books I would like to take with me to Purgatory."
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Stewart Brand
Business & Entrepreneurship"For me, the best Folio Society books are: Aubrey-Maturin series, Patrick O'Brien (20 books) DUNE, Frank Herbert EAST OF EDEN, John Steinbeck THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY, Michael Chabon GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, Jonathan Swift FINNEGANS WAKE & ULYSSES, James Joyce"
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Mahatma Gandhi
Politics & Government"Effective condemnation of modem civilization, written in an ironic vein."
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