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A Voyage to Lilliput

Author
Jonathan Swift
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
2 hours 13 minutes
ISBN
9781802563825
Published
14 March 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Gulliver
  • Gulliver's Travels
  • Swift
  • Jonathan Swift
  • satire
  • comedy
  • human nature
  • humour
  • voyages
  • adventure stories

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Description

Gulliver finds himself shipwrecked and washed ashore in the land of Lilliput, inhabited by tiny people. Captured by the curious yet resourceful Lilliputians, Gulliver becomes embroiled in their political intrigues, absurd customs, and petty conflicts. Through satire, Swift critiques human nature, governance, and societal flaws, using the miniature world to magnify humanity’s follies. As Gulliver navigates alliances and betrayals, themes of power, morality, and perspective emerge. The tale blends sharp wit with imaginative storytelling, offering both humor and profound commentary on the arrogance and irrationality of mankind.

Author

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) wrote Gulliver's Travels, a children's book that is not, and a satire that still bites the hand that reads it. An Anglo-Irish dean of St Patrick's, he spent a life between London power and Dublin grievance, sharpening pamphlets until they cut. The Modest Proposal is a joke with no laugh; the Travels look like adventure until the Houyhnhnms arrive. Ten titles here, and the anger has not gone off.

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