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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  parissea | Nov 18, 2009 |  For something written in 1735, the humor is surprisingly applicable to today's audience. It is the tale of Lemuel Gulliver's journeys to several distant lands and is rife with hilarious satire and biting wit. I particularly enjoyed his descriptions of English government. I was also amazed at how much influence on modern language it's had, from lilliputian to big-endian. There are so-called classics of which I don't understand the attribution, but this is one comedy that is sure to be timeless as long as there are human societies. (  ) melydia | Oct 28, 2009 | This book is about travels of Gulliver, the main character of this book. Gulliver traveled two strange place. One is the country where very small people live and the other is the country where very big people live. It is written that how Gulliver spend in each country meeting his match. This story is a rhal Gulliver's travels. The story that I have even heard was obviously nothing like this story. I think this is very interesting. The storyline is creative. When I read this book, I feel like being in this book and watch at Gulliver nearby! ( ) chacochan | Oct 23, 2009 | I did enjoy the book, though it took a while to get going. I think the biggest issue for me was my lack of background knowledge of that era, even with the endnotes, some references were lost on me. Reading it as a look at different types of society though did interest me. (  ) soffitta1 | Oct 7, 2009 | Gulliver's Travels: Literary Lessons in Pride Books help us become better people when pride is put in its place. Jonathan Swift's telescoping satirical mirror reflects a threefold image of human pride involving the conceits of the superiority of reason, the importance of country, and the supremacy of self. If we look closely, we might recognize Gulliver, the narrator and traveler, in ourselves, and his world as our own. For More See Orato Review Below (  )1  Tomhartley | Sep 23, 2009 | 
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels: Reviewing a Classic in a Modern Context
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0140430229, Paperback)When Lemuel Gulliver sets off from London on a sea voyage, little does he know the many incredible and unbelievable misadventures awaiting. Shipwrecked at sea and nearly drowned, he washes ashore upon an exotic island called Liliput--where the people are only six inches tall! Next he visits a land of incredible giants called the Brobdingnagians. They are more than sixty feet tall! he travels to Lapauta, a city that floats in the city, and to Glubbdubdrib, the Island of Sorcerers. his final voyage brings him into contact with the Yahoos--a brutish race of subhumans--and an intelligent and virtuous race of horse, the Houyhnhnms. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:18 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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I like it that Gulliver adapt each environment of those strange countries. Eventually it makes him eccentric, but he is so wise. (