Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift’s classic satire tells the extraordinary story of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon whose voyages at sea lead to incredible discoveries. After a devastating shipwreck, Gulliver washes ashore on the island of Lilliput, where he finds himself a giant among a tiny population of six-inch-tall people embroiled in petty political rivalries. On his subsequent journey, he is stranded in Brobdingnag, a land of giants where Gulliver becomes a minute pet and observing insect in a world of massive proportions. Swift uses Gulliver’s encounters with bizarre civilizations to deliver a biting critique of human nature, politics, pride, and societal absurdities.