Gulliver's Travels: A Classic of English Literature

Gulliver's Travels

A Classic of English Literature

By Jonathan Swift

A Prose Satire

First published in 1726

The book begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver, in the literary style of the time, gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages. He enjoys travelling, although it is that love of travel that is his downfall. During his first voyage, Gulliver is washed ashore after a shipwreck and finds himself a prisoner of a race of tiny people, less than 6 inches tall,...